ልብን

Amharic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ge'ez ልብን (ləbn).

Noun

ልብን • (ləbn)

1. storax (Styrax officinalis), in particular the resin thereof)

Ge'ez

Root
ለ-በ-ነ (lä-bä-nä)
1 term

Etymology

As this is an otherwise absent root in Ethiopian Semitic, a borrowing in the course of incense trade from Arabic لُبْنَى (lubnā) or Sabaean 𐩡𐩨𐩬𐩺 (lbny) of same meaning.

Noun

ልብን • (ləbn)

1. storax (Styrax officinalis, in particular the resin thereof)

Descendants

• → Amharic: ልብን (ləbn)

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ልብን”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, columns 42–43
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 305b