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ebony

Egypt imported black ebony wood from Nubia and called it hbnj; the Hebrew Bible lists hovnim among the wares of Tyre, Herodotus calls it ében, and Latin hebenus passed it to English and Europe, while Greek also lent it to Persian ābnūs, and so to Arabic, Turkish and Hindi.

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The road to English

From Ancient Egyptian to Biblical Hebrew

From Latin to Italian

From Latin to Old French, French

From Latin to Spanish

From Latin to Portuguese

From Latin to German

From Ancient Greek to Persian, Ottoman Turkish, Turkish

From Persian to Arabic

From Persian to Hindi

2300 BCEAncient Egyptian

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