سبستان

Arabic

سِبِسْتَان

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian سگ‌پستان (sag-pestân, literally dog teat), from سگ (sag, dog) + پستان (pestân, teat).

Noun

سِبِسْتَان (sibistān) m

  1. sebesten, Cordia gen. et spp.

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833), سبستان”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 278
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