banús

== 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): (Central, Balearic) [bəˈnus] IPA(key): (Valencia) [baˈnus] === Noun === banús m (plural banussos) 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