سبستان

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 (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 278