merv

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Turkish - Turkish
(Osmanlı Dönemi) Bir cins güzel koku
Türkmenistan'da eski Orta Asya kenti
English - English
A former major oasis-city in Central Asia, on the historical Silk Road, located near today's Mary in Turkmenistan
A short form of male given name Mervyn
modern Mary Ancient city, Central Asia. Lying near the modern town of Mary (formerly Merv) in Turkmenistan, it is mentioned in ancient Persian texts as Mouru and in cuneiform inscriptions as Margu and was the seat of a satrapy (province) of the Persian Achaemenian dynasty. Under the Arabs in the 7th century AD, it was rebuilt and served as a base for Muslim expansion into Central Asia. A great centre of Islamic learning under the caliphs of the Abbsid dynasty, it reached its zenith under the Seljq sultan Sanjar (r. 1118-59). It was destroyed by the Mongols in 1221 then rebuilt in the 17th century. It was occupied by the Russian Empire in 1884. Griffin Merv Edward Virgin Mary St. Mary Baylis Lilian Mary Bethune Mary Jane McLeod Mary Jane McLeod Blyton Enid Mary Cartland Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cassatt Mary Chesnut Mary Mary Boykin Miller Christie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa de Havilland Olivia Mary Dodge Mary Mapes Mary Elizabeth Mapes Earhart Amelia Mary Eddy Mary Baker Mary Morse Baker Mary Ann Evans Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Evans Dame Edith Mary Haas Mary Rosamond Hail Mary Hodgkin Dorothy Mary Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Jones Mary Harris Mary Harris Vivian Mary Hartley Lyon Mary Mason Legion of Mary Church Martin Mary Virginia Mary II Mary I Mary Tudor Mary Magdalene Saint Mary Queen of Scots Mary Stuart McCarthy Mary Therese Montagu Lady Mary Wortley Lady Mary Pierrepont Moore Mary Tyler Anna Mary Robertson O'Connor Mary Flannery Pickford Mary Gladys Mary Smith Price Mary Violet Leontyne Quant Mary Retton Mary Lou Robinson Mary Mary Bourke Rowlandson Mary Mary White Victoria Mary Sackville West Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Smyth Dame Ethel Mary Mary Louise Streep Typhoid Mary Mary Mallon Ward Barbara Mary Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth William and Mary College of Williams Mary Lou Mary Elfrieda Scruggs Wollstonecraft Mary Mary Kathryn Wright House of the Hospitallers of Saint Mary of the Teutons
short form of male given name Mervyn

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born July 6, 1925, San Mateo, Calif., U.S. U.S. television producer and entrepreneur. He hosted a radio show (1945-48) and sang with Freddy Martin's Orchestra (1948-52) before creating and hosting the popular Merv Griffin Show on television (1962-63, 1965-86). He also created the successful game shows Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune. He later owned hotels, resorts, and casinos
Merv Griffin
born July 6, 1925, San Mateo, Calif., U.S. U.S. television producer and entrepreneur. He hosted a radio show (1945-48) and sang with Freddy Martin's Orchestra (1948-52) before creating and hosting the popular Merv Griffin Show on television (1962-63, 1965-86). He also created the successful game shows Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune. He later owned hotels, resorts, and casinos
merv

    Turkish pronunciation

    mırv

    Pronunciation

    /ˈmərv/ /ˈmɜrv/

    Etymology

    () From Persian مرو (Marv, “ready”).
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