banús

See also: banus

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَبْنُوس (ʔabnūs), from Persian ابنوس (abnus), from Middle Persian ʾpnws (abnūs), from Ancient Greek ἔβενος (ébenos), from Egyptian hbnj, of uncertain origin. Doublet of eben.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [bəˈnus]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [baˈnus]

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Noun

banús m (plural banussos)

1. ebony (tree, wood, color)

   Synonym: eben

Further reading

• “banús”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007