386 IVORY AND THE ELEPHANT 



NAMES OF THE ELEPHANT AND OF IVORY IN 

 VARIOUS LANGUAGES— CW^mwe^Z. 



LANGUAGE 



ELEPHANT 



IVOBT 



Russian 



Slon 



Slonovaya kost 



Polish 



Slon 



Sloniova kosc 



Bohemian 



Slon 



Slonovina, slonova kost 



Bulgarian 



Fil 



Slonova kost 



Servian 



Slon 



Phildish 



Ruthenian 



Slon 



Sloneva kist 



Hungarian 



Elephant 



Elefantesont 



Irish 



Trod 



lomhog 



Welsh 



Elifant 



Asgwi-n eliffent 



Lapp 



Elefanta 





Japanese 



Zo, Kisa 



Zoge 



Chinese 



Siang 



Siang 



Siamese 



Chang 



Nga Chang 



Burmese 



Htsin 



Htsin-tsive 



Sanskrit* 



Gaja, ibha 



Gajadanta; hastidanta 



Greek 



'EXe<pa<; 



'E>.£?aq;eXe(pavTivo<; (adj.) 



Modern Greek 



'EU(faq 



'EXsipavTdBovTOv 



Latin 



Elephas 



Ebur 



Arabic 



Fil 



'Ajadhan 



Persian 



Pil 





Turkish 



Fil 



Fil-dishi 



Sumerian 



AM-SI(?) 



KA-AM-SI 



Assyrian 



Piru 



Shinni piri 



*The elephant is 



also called hastin, literally the animal "having a hand." 



