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(Engels)

(declension-3, neuter) ivory (material)
(declension-3, neuter) a thing made of ivory.
(declension-3, figuratively, neuter) an elephant

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[ˈɛ.bʊr]

Loan word, probably from Demotic yb (“ivory, Elephantine”), from Egyptian Ab-b-w-E26 (ꜣbw, “ivory, elephant, Elephantine”). Compare Coptic ⲓⲏⲃ (iēb, “Elephantine”); also note Sanskrit इभ (íbha) and Tigre ኣቦት (ʾabot). In any case, probably cognate with the second half of Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas, “elephant”)