noun, masculine/aθaˈbat͡ʃe/plural: azabaches
jet (a form of compact, glistening coal, often used in jewelry); jet (the color of jet coal)
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷséps Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáps Proto-Iranian *xšáfš Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎱 (x-š-p /xšapa/) Middle Persian šp (/šab/) Middle Persian špk' (/šabag/)bor. Arabic سَبَج (sabaj) Andalusian Arabic سبج (sabáj)bor. Spanish azabache Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic سبج (sabáj), from Arabic سَبَج (sabaj), borrowed from Middle Persian špk' (/šabag/), from šp (/šab/), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎱 (x-š-p /xšapa/), from Proto-Iranian *xšáfš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáp