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سكنجبين

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Arabic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Persian سکنگبین (sekangabin), سرکنگبین (serkangabin), from سرکه (serke, vinegar) + انگبین (angabin, angobin, honey).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /si.kan.d͡ʒa.biːn/ and less often IPA(key): /si.kan.d͡ʒu.biːn/

Noun

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سِكَنْجَبِين or سِكَنْجُبِين (sikanjabīn or sikanjubīnm

  1. (historical) oxymel, a conserve or drink of vinegar, water, honey

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “سكنجبين”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 336a