سكنجبين

Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Persian سکنگبین (sekangabin), سرکنگبین (serkangabin), from سرکه (serke, vinegar) + انگبین (angabin, angubin, honey).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si.kan.d͡ʒa.biːn/ and less often IPA(key): /si.kan.d͡ʒu.biːn/

Noun

سِكَنْجَبِين or سِكَنْجُبِين (sikanjabīn or sikanjubīn) m

  1. (historical) oxymel, a conserve or drink of vinegar, water, honey

Declension

Descendants

  • Persian: سکنجبین (sekanjabin)
  • Ottoman Turkish: سركنجبین (sirkencebin, sirkencübin), سكنجبین (sikencebin, sikencübin)
    • Turkish: sirkencebin, sikencebin

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1830), سكنجبين”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 336a
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