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أبنوس

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian آبنوس (âbnus), Middle Persian ʾpnws (abnūs), from Ancient Greek ἔβενος (ébenos), from Egyptian hbnj (ebony).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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أَبْنُوس or أَبَنُوس (ʔabnūs or ʔabanūsm

  1. ebony (Diospyros ebenum tree and wood)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: banús
  • Hebrew: יאבנוס, אבנוס (Medieval)
  • Spanish: ebanuz
  • Malay: abnus
  • Swahili: abunusi

References

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  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “أبنوس”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 6
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “أبنوس”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 3