sebestén

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin sebesten, from Arabic سِبِسْتَان (sibistān), from Persian سگ‌پستان (sag-pestân, literally “dog teat”), from سگ (sag, “dog”) +‎ پستان (pestân, “teat”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sebesˈten/ [se.β̞esˈt̪ẽn]
  • Rhymes: -en
  • Syllabification: se‧bes‧tén

Noun

sebestén m (plural sebestenes)

  1. sebesten

Further reading

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