سبستان

Arabic

Alternative forms

  • سِكْبِسْتَان (sikbistān) — obsolete, uncommon

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سپستان (sipistān), سگپستان (sigpistān), سگ‌پستان (sag-pistān, literally “dog teat”), from سگ (sag, “dog”) +‎ پستان (pistān, “teat”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si.bis.taːn/

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 (learned)
    • → French: sébeste (learned)
      • ⇒ French: sébestier
    • → Italian: sebesteno (learned)
    • → Spanish: sebestén (learned)
    • ⇒ Medieval Latin: diasebesten
      • → English: diasebesten (learned)
      • → French: diasébeste (learned)

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
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