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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܫܰܘܫܒܺܝܢܳܐ (šawšəḇīnā), from Akkadian 𒋢𒊓𒁉𒉡 (/⁠susapinnu⁠/, paranymph, friend of the bridegroom in a wedding ceremony), also a foreign word, structure suggesting Anatolian, but strangely attested in Hittite as an Akkadogram.

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Noun edit

إِشْبِين (ʔišbīnm (plural أَشَابِين (ʔašābīn), feminine إِشْبِينَة (ʔišbīna))

  1. somebody who is adduced as a witness to a baptism, godfather, baptismal sponsor
  2. somebody who is adduced as a witness to a wedding, bridesman, groomsman, paranymph
    • 2018 May 17, “من بينهم كلبها.. المرشحون للقيام بدور أشبين لميغان ماركل”, in BBC Arabic[1]:
      إنها الملكة فيكتوريا التي قامت بدور الإشبين لاثنتين من بناتها الأميرة هيلينا عام 1866 والأميرة بياتريس عام 1885 عقب وفاة زوجها الأمير ألبرت.
      It was the Queen Victoria who slipped into the role of a bridesmaid for her two daughters Princesses Helena in the year 1866 and Beatrice in the year 1885 after the death of her husband Prince Albert.

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References edit

  • “susapinnu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[2], volume 15, S, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1984, page 416
  • šwšbyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “إشبين”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[3] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 724
  • Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19)‎[4], Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 94
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “إشبين”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[5] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 631