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

Declension of noun سِبِسْتَان (sibistān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِبِسْتَان sibistān	السِّبِسْتَان as-sibistān	سِبِسْتَان sibistān
Nominative	سِبِسْتَانٌ sibistānun	السِّبِسْتَانُ as-sibistānu	سِبِسْتَانُ sibistānu
Accusative	سِبِسْتَانًا sibistānan	السِّبِسْتَانَ as-sibistāna	سِبِسْتَانَ sibistāna
Genitive	سِبِسْتَانٍ sibistānin	السِّبِسْتَانِ as-sibistāni	سِبِسْتَانِ sibistāni

Descendants

• Medieval Latin: sebesten
  • English: sebesten
  • French: sébeste
    • ⇒ French: sébestier
  • Italian: sebesteno
  • Spanish: sebestén
  • ⇒ Medieval Latin: diasebesten
    • English: diasebesten
    • French: diasébeste

References

• Freytag, Georg (1833) “سبستان”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 278