bedústar

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Andalusian Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian بیدستر (bidastar).

Noun

bedústar ?

  1. beaver (Castor fiber)
    • 1505, Pedro de Alcalá, Vocabulista arauigo en letra castellana, page 54v:
      Caſtor aſſi. Bedǔſtar:
      Beaver like this: bedústar.

References

  • Corriente, F. (1997) A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; 29)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 40