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azabache.

jet (a form of compact, glistening coal, often used in jewelry)

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Meaning & usage

noun/aθaˈbat͡ʃe/[a.θaˈβ̞a.t͡ʃe]/asaˈbat͡ʃe/[a.saˈβ̞a.t͡ʃe]

  1. jet (a form of compact, glistening coal, often used in jewelry)

    masculine

  2. jet (the color of jet coal)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷséps Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáps Proto-Iranian *xšáfš Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎱 (x-š-p /⁠xšapa⁠/) Middle Persian šp (/⁠šab⁠/) Middle Persian špk' (/⁠šabag⁠/)bor. Arabic سَبَج (sabaj) Andalusian Arabic سبج (sabáj)bor. Spanish azabache Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic سبج (sabáj), from Arabic سَبَج (sabaj), borrowed from Middle Persian špk' (/⁠šabag⁠/), from šp (/⁠šab⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎱 (x-š-p /⁠xšapa⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *xšáfš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáps, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷséps.

adj/aθaˈbat͡ʃe/[a.θaˈβ̞a.t͡ʃe]/asaˈbat͡ʃe/[a.saˈβ̞a.t͡ʃe]

  1. of a jet color (of a very dark color)

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷséps Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáps Proto-Iranian *xšáfš Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎱 (x-š-p /⁠xšapa⁠/) Middle Persian šp (/⁠šab⁠/) Middle Persian špk' (/⁠šabag⁠/)bor. Arabic سَبَج (sabaj) Andalusian Arabic سبج (sabáj)bor. Spanish azabache Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic سبج (sabáj), from Arabic سَبَج (sabaj), borrowed from Middle Persian špk' (/⁠šabag⁠/), from šp (/⁠šab⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎱 (x-š-p /⁠xšapa⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *xšáfš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáps, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷséps.

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