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‖ Martaban|ˈmɑːtəbæn|
Also 7 mortaban, 7–8 mortivan.
The name of a town in Pegu, used attrib. (esp. in Martaban jar) as the designation of a kind of glazed pottery made there. Hence as n., Martaban ware, a Martaban jar.[The ware has been called in Arabic martabānī from the 14th c.] 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 180 An huge Heap of long Jars like Mortivans. 1699W. Dampier Voy. II. i. 98 These they call Mortaban Jars, from a Town of that name in Pegu. 1711C. Lockyer Acc. Trade India 35 Mortivan and small Jars. 1903Blackw. Mag. Feb. 229/1 Large glazed earthen jars called by Europeans ‘Pegu jars’ and known all over the East by the name of ‘Martaban’. |