sebestén

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sebesˈten/ [se.β̞esˈt̪ẽn]
Rhymes: -en
Syllabification: se‧bes‧tén

Noun

sebestén m (plural sebestenes)

sebesten

Further reading

“sebestén”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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