ἐλέφας
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- ivory
- elephant
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Berber *eḷu (elephant) borrowed from Egyptian ꜣbw (elephant, ivory, Elephantine, cessation) borrowed from Sanskrit इभ.
Origin
Sanskrit
इभ
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- elephantem Latin
- elephantinus Latin
- elephantus Latin
- elephas Latin
- elephāns Latin
- elephās Latin
- Elefant German
- elefánt Hungarian
- elefante Italian
- elefante Spanish, Castilian
- μᾰ́χη Ancient Greek
- χρυσελεφάντινος Ancient Greek
- ἐλέφαντος, ἐλέφας Ancient Greek
- ἐλέφᾱς Ancient Greek
- ἐλεφάντινος Ancient Greek
- ἐλεφαντομαχία Ancient Greek
- *l̥bʰont- Proto-Indo-European
- *elpanduz Proto-Germanic
- *ulbanduz Proto-Germanic
- olfend Old English
- इभ Sanskrit
- úlfaldi Old Norse
- elefant Danish
- elefant Old French
- olifan Old French
- olifant Old French
- oliphant Old French
- oliphaunt Old French
- پیل Persian
- hëlfant Middle High German
- elephant Middle French
- 𐌿𐌻𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- *elpandu gmw-pro
- שנהב Hebrew (modern)
- jrj ꜣbw Egyptian
- n ꜣbw Egyptian
- ꜣb(w), pꜣ-ꜣbw Egyptian
- ꜣbw Egyptian
- ꜣbḏw Egyptian
- Elifant Alemannic German
- elefant Romansh
- elefante Asturian
- oaljefant Western Frisian
- pyl Middle Persian
- 𒄠𒋛 Akkadian
- elefante Corsican
- yb Demotic
- 𐀁𐀩𐀞 Mycenaean Greek
- *eḷu Proto-Berber