ʾmbl
Middle Persian
Alternative forms
- ʾnbl
Etymology
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Noun
ʾmbl • (ambar)
- ambergris
Descendants
- → Arabic: عَنْبَر (ʿanbar)
- → Persian: عنبر (ambar)
- → Swahil: ambari
- → Classical Syriac: ܐܡܒܪ (ʾambar)
- → Hebrew: עִנְבָּר (ʿinbār)
References
- “ˀmbr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “ambar”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 8