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 […]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of hbnj

U13 [hb]

N35 [n]

Z4 [y]

Aa40

hbnj

Adjective

made of ebony

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: ἔβενος (ébenos), ἐβένη (ebénē)
- Greek: έβενος (évenos)
- → Armenian: էբենոս (ēbenos)
- → Latin: hebenus, ebenus (see there for further descendants)
- → Middle Persian: ʾpnws (abnūs)
  - Persian: ابنوس‎ (abnūs), آبنوس‎ (ābnūs, ābenūs), آبنوز‎ (ābnūz) (see there for further descendants)
  - → Classical Syriac: ܐܒܢܘܣܐ‎ (ʾaḇnūsāʾ)
- → Old Armenian: եբենոս (ebenos), ոպնիազ (opniaz)
  - Armenian: եբենոս (ebenos)
→ Hebrew: הָבְנֶה‎ (hovne)

References

Nederhof, Mark-Jan (2015) Westcar Papyrus, page 8

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