إسفنط

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Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Aramaic אפסנתין / ܐܦܣܢܬܝܢ (/⁠ap̄sinṭīn⁠/), from Byzantine Greek ἀψίνθιον (apsínthion). Cognate to Latin absinthium, absinthiātum (vermouth, wormwood wine). Doublet of أَفْسِنْتِين (ʔafsintīn, wormwood; absinthe).

Pronunciation

Noun

إِسْفِنْط or إِسْفَنْط (ʔisfinṭ or ʔisfanṭm (obsolete)

  1. wine, especially vermouth

Declension

References

  • ˀpsyntynwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 162
  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “إسفنط”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 35
  • الأعشى (a. 625) Geyer, Rudolf, editor, Zwei Gedichte von Al-ʾAʿšâ (Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse; 149/6)‎ (in German), volume Mâ Bukâʾu, Wien: In Kommission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn, published 1905, pages 81–83
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  • Maraqten, Mohammed (1993) “Wine Drinking and Wine Prohibition in Arabia before Islam”, in Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, volume 23, page 102