آبنوس

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾpnws /⁠abnūs⁠/), from Ancient Greek ἔβενος (ébenos), from Egyptian hbnj (“ebony”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɑːb.nuːs]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɑːb.nuːs]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔɔːb.nus]

Readings
Classical reading? āḇnūs
Dari reading? ābnūs
Iranian reading? âbnus
Tajik reading? obnus
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Noun

آبنوس • (âbnus)

  1. ebony

Descendants

  • → Arabic: أَبْنُوس (ʔabnūs), آبِنُوس (ʔābinūs), يَابَنُوس (yābanūs)
    • → Catalan: banús
    • → Hebrew: יאבנוס, אבנוס (Medieval)
    • → Spanish: ebanuz
    • → Malay: abnus
    • → Swahili: abunusi
  • → Bengali: আবলুস (abolus)
  • → Gujarati: અબનૂસ (abanūs), અબનૂરા (abanūrā)
  • → Hindi: आबनूस (ābnūs)
  • → Middle Armenian: ապանօս (apanōs)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: آبانوز (abanoz), آبنوس (abnus); ապանօզ (abanoz)
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