سبج

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Arabic

Etymology

PIE word
*kʷséps

From Middle Persian špk' (/⁠šabag⁠/, jet, obsidian), from šp (/⁠šab⁠/, night), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎱 (x-š-p).

Pronunciation

Noun

سَبَج (sabajm

  1. the gemstones jet and obsidian or similar minerals

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: atzabeja
  • Galician: acibeche
  • Portuguese: azeviche
  • Spanish: azabache

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “سبج”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 624
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “سبج”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 275
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سبج”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 477
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “سبج”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 545