banús

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.

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

banús m (plural banussos)

1. ebony (tree, wood, color)

   Synonym: eben

• “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