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sebesten

/sɪˈbɛs.tən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sebesten
IPA
/sɪˈbɛs.tən/
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A medium-sized deciduous tree of species Cordia myxa or, less often, Cordia latifolia, Cordia sebestena, or other species in the genus Cordia, the wood of which is used for furniture and musical instruments.

noun

The mucilaginous drupaceous fruit from these plants, eaten and used medicinally against pectoral diseases, also in a mixture called diasebesten, and for glue.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin sebesten, from Arabic سِبِسْتَان (sibistān), from Persian سگپستان (sag-pestân, literally “dog teat”), from سگ (sag, “dog”) + پستان (pestân, “teat”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: سِبِسْتَان, سگپستان

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /sɪˈbɛs.tən/
  • British English: /sɪˈbɛs.tən/

Inflected Forms

sebestens (plural)

Phrases

sebesten plum

Synonyms

Assyrian plum lasora lasura

Questions

How do you pronounce sebesten?
The recorded pronunciation is /sɪˈbɛs.tən/.
What does sebesten mean?
A medium-sized deciduous tree of species Cordia myxa or, less often, Cordia latifolia, Cordia sebestena, or other species in the genus Cordia, the wood of which is used for furniture and musical instruments.
Where does sebesten come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

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