hbnj
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /hɛbni/
- Conventional anglicization: hebni
Noun
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- ebony (wood, tree)
- c. 1951 BCE, Stela of Ity (British Museum, Egyptian Antiquities 586), lines 3–4:
- […] ꜣryt.j m hbnj swꜥbt m ḏꜥm […]
- […] and my staff in ebony decorated with electrum […]
- c. 1951 BCE, Stela of Ity (British Museum, Egyptian Antiquities 586), lines 3–4:
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of hbnj
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Descendants
- → Ancient Greek: ἔβενος (ébenos), ἔβελος (ébelos), 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