سبستان

Arabic

سِبِسْتَان

Alternative forms

• سِكْبِسْتَان (sikbistān) — obsolete, uncommon

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.bis.taːn/

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 (learned)
  • → French: sébeste (learned)
    • ⇒ French: sébestier
  • → Italian: sebesteno (learned)
  • → Spanish: sebestén (learned)
  • ⇒ Medieval Latin: diasebesten
    • → English: diasebesten (learned)
    • → French: diasébeste (learned)

References

• 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