sebesteno

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Italian

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).

Noun

sebesteno m (plural sebesteni)

  1. sebesten