sébeste

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin sebesten, from Arabic سِبِسْتَان (sibistān), from Persian (sag-pestân, from (sag, “dog”) +‎ (pestân, “teat”), literally “dog teat”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /se.bɛst/
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Noun

sébeste m (plural sébestes)

sebesten

Derived terms

sébestier (“sebesten tree”)

Further reading

“sébeste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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