bedústar

Andalusian Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian بیدستر (bidastar).

Noun

bedústar ?

1. beaver (Castor fiber)
   • 1505, Pedro de Alcalá, Vocabulista arauigo en letra castellana, page 54v:

     Caſtor aſſi. Bedǔſtar:

     Beaver [is said] like this: bedústar.

References

• Corriente, F. (1997) A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; 29)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 40