سبستان

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Arabic

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سِبِسْتَان
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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سِبِسْتَان (sibistānm

  1. sebesten (Cordia gen. et spp.)

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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  • 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