كشتبان

Hijazi Arabic
كُشْتَبان

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾngwst' (angust, “finger”) + -pʾn' (bān, “guard, keeper”); compare Persian انگشتانه‎ (angoštâne, “thimble”, literally “finger guard”), Tajik ангуштпона (anguštpona), and Uzbek angishvona.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuʃtuˈbaːn/

Noun

كُشْتَبان • (kuštubān) m

(plural كُشْتَبانات‎ ‎(kuštubānāt))
  1. thimble
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