Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9334

MEARBAR, s. Pers. mīrbahr, ‘master of the bay,’ a harbour-master. Mirbahri, which appears in Botelho (Tombo, p. 56) as mirabary, means ‘ferry dues.’