sebestén
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed 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)
- sebesten
Further reading
- “sebestén”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014