سبج

Arabic

Etymology

PIE word
*kʷséps

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.bad͡ʒ/

Noun

سَبَج • (sabaj) m

  1. the gemstones jet and obsidian or similar minerals

Declension

Derived terms

  • سُبْجَة‎ (subja, “black garment”)
  • سَبِيجَة‎ (sabīja, “black garment”)
  • سَبَّاج‎ (sabbāj, “black-gemstone vendor”)

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; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “سبج”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 545
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