hbnj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛbni/
  • Conventional anglicization: hebni

Noun

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1. 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 […]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of hbnj  

hbnj

Descendants

• Demotic Egyptian: hbyn
  • Coptic: ϩⲃⲟⲓⲛⲉ (hboine)
• → 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 (abnus), 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)
• → Ugaritic: 𐎅𐎁𐎐 (hbn)

References

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