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noun, masculine

sébeste

/se.bɛst/

noun, masculine/se.bɛst/plural: sébestes

sebesten

Related: sébestier

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