ልብን
Amharic
Etymology
Borrowed from Ge'ez ልብን (ləbn).
Noun
ልብን • (ləbn)
- storax (Styrax officinalis, in particular the resin thereof)
Ge'ez
Etymology
As this is an otherwise absent root in Ethiopian Semitic, a borrowing in the course of incense trade from Arabic لُبْنَى (lubnā) or Sabaean 𐩡𐩨𐩬𐩺 (lbny) of same meaning.
Noun
ልብን • (ləbn)
- storax (Styrax officinalis, in particular the resin thereof)
Descendants
- → Amharic: ልብን (ləbn)
References
- Dillmann, August (1865) , “ልብን”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, columns 42–43
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 305b