hbnj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛbni/
- Conventional anglicization: hebni

Noun

m

ebony (wood, tree)
- c. 1951 BCE, Stela of Ity, lines 3-4, British Museum, Egyptian Antiquities, 586:
  
  ꜣryt.j m hbnj swꜥbt m ḏꜥm […]
  and my staff in ebony decorated with electrum […]

Adjective

made of ebony

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: ἔβενος (ébenos), ἐβένη (ebénē)
- Greek: έβενος (évenos)
- Armenian: էբենոս (ēbenos)
- Latin: ebenus, hebenus
  - Catalan: eben
  - Ecclesiastical Latin: ebenius
    - Middle English: ebenif, hebenyf
      - English: ebony
  - French: ébène
  - Old Irish: ébind
    - Irish: éabann
  - Italian: ebano
  - Portuguese: ébano
  - Spanish: ébano
- Middle Persian: ʾpnws (abnūs)
  - Persian: ابنوس‎ (abnūs), آبنوس‎ (ābnūs, ābenūs), آبنوز‎ (ābnūz)
    - Arabic: أبنوس‎ (ʾabnūs)
      - Spanish: ebanuz
    - Bengali: আবলুস (āblus)
    - Gujarati: અબનૂસ (abanūs), અબનૂરા (abanūrā)
    - Hindi: आबनूस (ābnūs)
    - Middle Armenian: ապանօս (apanōs)
      - Armenian: աբանոս (abanos)
    - Ottoman Turkish: آبنوس‎ (âbnûs), [script needed] (abanoz)
      - Turkish: abanoz
      - Albanian: abanoz
      - Bulgarian: абанос (abanos)
      - Greek: αμπανόζι (ampanózi)
  - Classical Syriac: ܐܒܢܘܣܐ‎ (ʾaḇnūsāʾ)
- Old Armenian: եբենոս (ebenos), ոպնիազ (opniaz)
  - Armenian: եբենոս (ebenos)

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