Breakdown of از دروازهبان و دربان این عمارت خوشم میآید.
و
and
این
this
ازaz
from
خوش آمدنkhosh âmadan
to like / to be pleasing (used with 'az' and pronominal enclitics)
Questions & Answers about از دروازهبان و دربان این عمارت خوشم میآید.
Both darvâze-bân and darbân use the suffix -bân. What is the exact difference between the root words they are built on?
They are built from very similar words! dar simply means 'door,' making darbân a 'doorman' or 'concierge.' darvâze means a large 'gate' (like a city gate or estate gate), making darvâze-bân a 'gatekeeper' (or a 'goalkeeper' in sports). The suffix -bân adds the meaning of a person who watches over or guards these specific entrances.
Why is the preposition az used at the beginning of the sentence?
It pairs with the verb phrase khosham mi-âyad at the very end. In Farsi, to say you like something, the literal structure is 'From [thing], my goodness comes.' Therefore, you must always introduce the thing you like with az (from). Here, it introduces the gatekeeper and the doorman.
How does the word emârat connect to the two professions? Do you need an ezafe on both job titles?
No, the ezafe (the spoken '-e' sound meaning 'of') only attaches to the last noun in the list before the modifier. Here, it attaches to darbân, sounding like darbân-e in emârat. Because darvâze-bân and darbân are joined by va (and), they act as a single grouped phrase, so you do not put an ezafe on darvâze-bân.
Are darbân and darvâze-bân only used for old estates like an emârat?