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|etymtx=-αντος<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[ivory]], [[elefant-tooth]] (Il.; cf. Treu Philol. 99, 149ff.), [[elefant]] (Hdt.), also as the name of a disease = [[ἐλεφαντίασις]], s. Strömberg Theophrastea 193.<br />Dialectal forms: Myk. [[e-re-pa]], [[-to]], [[-te]] /[[elephas]]/ etc.<br />Compounds: As 1. member in both meanings, <b class="b3">ἐλεφαντό-πους</b> [[with ivory feet]] (Pl. Com.), ἐλέφας <b class="b3">-μάχος</b> [[fighting elephants]] (Str.).<br />Derivatives: Diminut. [[ἐλεφαντίσκιον]] [[young elephant]] (Ael.); adj. [[ἐλεφάντινος]] [[of ivory]] (Alc., Att.), <b class="b3">-ίνεος</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (inscr.; on the formation Chantr. Form. 203), <b class="b3">ἐλεφάντ-ειος</b> [[belonging to an elephant]] (Dsc., Opp.), <b class="b3">-ώδης</b> [[elephant-like]] (Mediz.), <b class="b3">-ιωδής</b> <b class="b2">suffering from eleph.</b> (medic.); subst. [[ἐλεφαντιστής]] [[elephant-driver]] (Arist.), also [[shield from elephant-skin]] (App.; example?), [[ἐλεφαντεύς]] [[ivory-worker]] (pap.). Denomin. <b class="b3">ἐλεφαντ-ιάω</b> <b class="b2">suffer from eleph.</b> (Phld., medic.) with <b class="b3">-ίασις</b>, also <b class="b3">-ιασμός</b> (EM); <b class="b3">-όω</b> [[with ivory inlays]] with <b class="b3">-ωτός</b> (nscr.).<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Egypt.<br />Etymology: Like Lat. [[ebur]] [[ἐλέφας]] is a foreigm word. The final (except the <b class="b3">ντ-</b>suffix) recalls like Lat. [[eb-ur]] an Egypt. <b class="b2">āb(u</b>), Copt. <b class="b3">εβ(ο)υ</b> [[elephant]], [[ivory]], Skt. [[íbha-]] [[elephant]]; the begin recurs in Hamit. [[eḷu]] [[elephant]] (from where through Egypt. [[[p-]] Art.] Pers. [[pīl]], Arab. [[fīl]]); details remain unclear. - From [[ἐλέφας]] Lat. [[elephās]], [[elephantus]], from there the Germanic and Romance forms. W.-Hofmann s. [[ebur]], Lokotsch Et. Wb. d. europ. Wörter orient. Ursprungs Nr. 605, Mayrhofer Wb. s. [[íbhaḥ]]2, Feist Vgl. Wb. d. got. Spr. s. ulbandus. - Wrong Kretschmer WienAkAnz. 1951 : 21, 307ff.: to [[ἐλεφαίρομαι]] as "destroyer" (orig. connected with the Mammoth), s. Mayrhofer Stud. z. idg. Grundsprache 44f.
|etymtx=-αντος<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[ivory]], [[elefant-tooth]] (Il.; cf. Treu Philol. 99, 149ff.), [[elefant]] (Hdt.), also as the name of a disease = [[ἐλεφαντίασις]], s. Strömberg Theophrastea 193.<br />Dialectal forms: Myk. [[e-re-pa]], [[-to]], [[-te]] /[[elephas]]/ etc.<br />Compounds: As 1. member in both meanings, <b class="b3">ἐλεφαντό-πους</b> [[with ivory feet]] (Pl. Com.), ἐλέφας <b class="b3">-μάχος</b> [[fighting elephants]] (Str.).<br />Derivatives: Diminut. [[ἐλεφαντίσκιον]] [[young elephant]] (Ael.); adj. [[ἐλεφάντινος]] [[of ivory]] (Alc., Att.), <b class="b3">-ίνεος</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (inscr.; on the formation Chantr. Form. 203), <b class="b3">ἐλεφάντ-ειος</b> [[belonging to an elephant]] (Dsc., Opp.), <b class="b3">-ώδης</b> [[elephant-like]] (Mediz.), <b class="b3">-ιωδής</b> <b class="b2">suffering from eleph.</b> (medic.); subst. [[ἐλεφαντιστής]] [[elephant-driver]] (Arist.), also [[shield from elephant-skin]] (App.; example?), [[ἐλεφαντεύς]] [[ivory-worker]] (pap.). Denomin. <b class="b3">ἐλεφαντ-ιάω</b> <b class="b2">suffer from eleph.</b> (Phld., medic.) with <b class="b3">-ίασις</b>, also <b class="b3">-ιασμός</b> (EM); <b class="b3">-όω</b> [[with ivory inlays]] with <b class="b3">-ωτός</b> (nscr.).<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Egypt.<br />Etymology: Like Lat. [[ebur]] [[ἐλέφας]] is a foreigm word. The final (except the <b class="b3">ντ-</b>suffix) recalls like Lat. [[eb-ur]] an Egypt. <b class="b2">āb(u</b>), Copt. <b class="b3">εβ(ο)υ</b> [[elephant]], [[ivory]], Skt. [[íbha-]] [[elephant]]; the begin recurs in Hamit. [[eḷu]] [[elephant]] (from where through Egypt. [[[p-]] Art.] Pers. [[pīl]], Arab. [[fīl]]); details remain unclear. - From [[ἐλέφας]] Lat. [[elephās]], [[elephantus]], from there the Germanic and Romance forms. W.-Hofmann s. [[ebur]], Lokotsch Et. Wb. d. europ. Wörter orient. Ursprungs Nr. 605, Mayrhofer Wb. s. [[íbhaḥ]]2, Feist Vgl. Wb. d. got. Spr. s. ulbandus. - Wrong Kretschmer WienAkAnz. 1951: 21, 307ff.: to [[ἐλεφαίρομαι]] as "destroyer" (orig. connected with the Mammoth), s. Mayrhofer Stud. z. idg. Grundsprache 44f.
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|ftr='''ἐλέφας''': -αντος<br />{eléphās}<br />'''Grammar''': m.<br />'''Meaning''': [[Elfenbein]], [[Elefantenzahn]] (seit Il.; vgl. Treu Philol. 99, 149ff.), [[Elefant]] (Hdt., Arist. usw.), auch als Name einer Krankheit = [[ἐλεφαντίασις]], s. Strömberg Theophrastea 193. Myk. ''e''-''re''-''pa'', -''to'', -''te'' usw.<br />'''Composita''' : Als Vorderglied in beiden Bedeutungen, z. B. [[ἐλεφαντόπους]] [[mit elfenbeinernen Füßen]] (Pl. Kom. u. a.), ~ -μάχος [[gegen Elefanten kämpfend]] (Str. u. a.).<br />'''Derivative''': Ableitungen: Deminutivum [[ἐλεφαντίσκιον]] [[junger Elefant]] (Ael.); Adj. [[ἐλεφάντινος]] [[aus Elfenbein]] (Alk., att.), -ίνεος ib. (poet. Inschr.; zur Bildung Chantraine Formation 203), [[ἐλεφάντειος]] [[zum Elefanten gehörig]] (Dsk., Opp.), -ώδης [[elefantenartig]] (Mediz.), -ιωδής [[aus Elefantenkrankheit leidend]] (Mediz.); Subst. [[ἐλεφαντιστής]] [[Elefantentreiber]] (Arist.), auch [[Schild aus Elefantenhaut]] (App.; Vorbild?), [[ἐλεφαντεύς]] [[Elfenbeinarbeiter]] (Pap.). Denominativa 1. [[ἐλεφαντιάω]] [[aus Elefantenkrankheit leiden]] (Phld., Mediz. u. a.) mit -ίασις, auch -ιασμός (''EM''); 2. -όω [[mit Elfenbeineinlagen versehen]] mit -ωτός (Inschr.).<br />'''Etymology''' : Wie lat. ''ebur'' ist [[ἐλέφας]] (zur Bildung vgl. [[ἀδάμας]] [[Stahl]], [[Diamant]]) ein Fremdwort. Das Endstück von [[ἐλέφας]] (vom ντ-Suffix abgesehen) erinnert wie lat. ''eb''-''ur'' an ägypt. ''āb''(''u''), kopt. εβ(ο)υ [[Elefant]], [[Elfenbein]], aind. ''íbha''- [[Elefant]]; die Anfangssilbe kehrt in hamit. ''eḷu'' [[Elefant]] (woraus durch ägypt. Vermittlung [''p''- Art.] pers. ''pīl'', arab. ''fīl'') wieder; die Einzelheiten bleiben unklar. — Aus [[ἐλέφας]] lat. ''elephās'', ''elephantus'', daraus weiterhin die germanischen und romanischen Formen. W.-Hofmann s. ''ebur'', Lokotsch Et. Wb. d. europ. Wörter or. Ursprungs Nr. 605, Mayrhofer Wb. s. ''íbhaḥ''<sup>2</sup>, Feist Vgl. Wb. d. got. Spr. s. ''ulbandus'' mit weiterer Lit. — Abzulehnen Kretschmer WienAkAnz. 1951 : 21, 307ff.: zu [[ἐλεφαίρομαι]] als "Schädling, Zerstörer" (urspr. auf das Mammut bezogen), s. Mayrhofer Stud. z. idg. Grundsprache 44f.<br />'''Page''' 1,493-494
|ftr='''ἐλέφας''': -αντος<br />{eléphās}<br />'''Grammar''': m.<br />'''Meaning''': [[Elfenbein]], [[Elefantenzahn]] (seit Il.; vgl. Treu Philol. 99, 149ff.), [[Elefant]] (Hdt., Arist. usw.), auch als Name einer Krankheit = [[ἐλεφαντίασις]], s. Strömberg Theophrastea 193. Myk. ''e''-''re''-''pa'', -''to'', -''te'' usw.<br />'''Composita''': Als Vorderglied in beiden Bedeutungen, z. B. [[ἐλεφαντόπους]] [[mit elfenbeinernen Füßen]] (Pl. Kom. u. a.), ~ -μάχος [[gegen Elefanten kämpfend]] (Str. u. a.).<br />'''Derivative''': Ableitungen: Deminutivum [[ἐλεφαντίσκιον]] [[junger Elefant]] (Ael.); Adj. [[ἐλεφάντινος]] [[aus Elfenbein]] (Alk., att.), -ίνεος ib. (poet. Inschr.; zur Bildung Chantraine Formation 203), [[ἐλεφάντειος]] [[zum Elefanten gehörig]] (Dsk., Opp.), -ώδης [[elefantenartig]] (Mediz.), -ιωδής [[aus Elefantenkrankheit leidend]] (Mediz.); Subst. [[ἐλεφαντιστής]] [[Elefantentreiber]] (Arist.), auch [[Schild aus Elefantenhaut]] (App.; Vorbild?), [[ἐλεφαντεύς]] [[Elfenbeinarbeiter]] (Pap.). Denominativa 1. [[ἐλεφαντιάω]] [[aus Elefantenkrankheit leiden]] (Phld., Mediz. u. a.) mit -ίασις, auch -ιασμός (''EM''); 2. -όω [[mit Elfenbeineinlagen versehen]] mit -ωτός (Inschr.).<br />'''Etymology''': Wie lat. ''ebur'' ist [[ἐλέφας]] (zur Bildung vgl. [[ἀδάμας]] [[Stahl]], [[Diamant]]) ein Fremdwort. Das Endstück von [[ἐλέφας]] (vom ντ-Suffix abgesehen) erinnert wie lat. ''eb''-''ur'' an ägypt. ''āb''(''u''), kopt. εβ(ο)υ [[Elefant]], [[Elfenbein]], aind. ''íbha''- [[Elefant]]; die Anfangssilbe kehrt in hamit. ''eḷu'' [[Elefant]] (woraus durch ägypt. Vermittlung [''p''- Art.] pers. ''pīl'', arab. ''fīl'') wieder; die Einzelheiten bleiben unklar. — Aus [[ἐλέφας]] lat. ''elephās'', ''elephantus'', daraus weiterhin die germanischen und romanischen Formen. W.-Hofmann s. ''ebur'', Lokotsch Et. Wb. d. europ. Wörter or. Ursprungs Nr. 605, Mayrhofer Wb. s. ''íbhaḥ''<sup>2</sup>, Feist Vgl. Wb. d. got. Spr. s. ''ulbandus'' mit weiterer Lit. — Abzulehnen Kretschmer WienAkAnz. 1951: 21, 307ff.: zu [[ἐλεφαίρομαι]] als "Schädling, Zerstörer" (urspr. auf das Mammut bezogen), s. Mayrhofer Stud. z. idg. Grundsprache 44f.<br />'''Page''' 1,493-494
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==Translations==
==Translations==
Abkhaz: аслан; Acehnese: gajah; Afrikaans: olifant; Ahom: 𑜋𑜂𑜫; Albanian: elefant; Amharic: ዝሆን; Arabic: فِيل‎; Egyptian Arabic: فيل‎; Aragonese: alifante; Aramaic Hebrew: פילא‎, פילתא‎; Syriac: ܦܝܠܐ‎, ܦܝܠܬܐ‎; Armenian: փիղ; Assamese: হাতী; Asturian: elefante; Ateso: etome; Avar: пил; Azerbaijani: fil; Banjarese: gajah; Bashkir: фил; Basque: elefante; Bau Bidayuh: gajah; Belarusian: слон, слані́ха; Bengali: হাতি; Blackfoot: innóóhksisii; Breton: olifant; Brunei Malay: gajah; Bulgarian: слон; Burmese: ဆင်; Buryat: заан; Catalan: elefant; Old Catalan: orifany, aurifany, olifany; Central Melanau: gajah; Chechen: пийл; Cherokee: ᎧᎹᎹ, ᎧᎹᎹ ᎤᏔᎾ; Cheyenne: tsėhe'ėseeséhe; Chichewa: njovu; Chinese Cantonese: 象, 大象, 大笨象; Dungan: щён; Gan: 象; Hakka: 象; Jin: 象; Mon: စိၚ်; Mon Pali: ဟတ္ထိ; Mandarin: 象, 大象; Min Bei: 象; Min Dong: 象; Min Nan: 象; Wu: 象; Xiang: 象; Chol: elefanti; Chukchi: эʼԓыпын; Chuvash: слон; Classical Nahuatl: elepantli; Cornish: olifans; Crimean Tatar: fil; Czech: slon, slonice; Dagbani: wobgu; Danish: elefant; Dinka: akoon; Dutch: olifant, elpendier, elp;  Ekpeye: enyî; Esperanto: elefanto; Estonian: elevant; Faroese: fílur; Finnish: norsu, elefantti; French: éléphant, éléphante, éléphanteau, éléphantelle; Middle French: elephant; Old French: olifan; Friulian: elefant; Gagauz: fillär, fil; Galician: elefante; Georgian: სპილო; German: Elefant, Elefantenbulle, Elefantin, Elefantenkuh, Elefantenkalb; Alemannic German: Elifant; Greek: ελέφαντας; Ancient Greek: ἐλέφας; Greenlandic: nagguaatsoq; Guaraní: tapi'itĩmbuku; Gujarati: હાથી; Gwere: nzogi; Hausa: giwa; Hawaiian: ʻelepani; Hebrew: פִּיל‎; Hindi: हाथी, हस्ती, गज, फ़ील, पील, फील; Hungarian: elefánt; Ibibio: eniin; Icelandic: fíll; Ido: elefanto; Ilocano: gadia; Indonesian: gajah; Interlingua: elephante; Irish: eilifint; Isan: ซ่าง; Italian: elefante; Japanese: 象, ゾウ; Jarai: rơman; Jarawa: ʈʰehuːʈʰu; Javanese: ꦒꦗꦃ; Jingpho: magwi, magui; Kalenjin: ebelio; Kalmyk: зан; Kamba: nzou; Kannada: ಆನೆ, ಗಜ; Kashmiri: ہۆس‎, ہۆست‎, ۂسؠ تِنؠ‎; Kashubian: słóń; Kazakh: піл; Khasi: hati; Khmer: ដំរី; Khoekhoe: ǂkhoab; Kikuyu: njogu; Komi-Permyak: слӧн; Kongo: nzau, nzau; Korean: 코끼리; Kurdish Central Kurdish: فیل‎; Northern Kurdish: fîl; Kyrgyz: пил; Ladin: elefant; Ladino: איליפ׳אנטי‎; Lao: ຊ້າງ; Latin: elephantus, elephas, barrus, Lūca bōs; Latvian: zilonis; Lezgi: фил; Lingala: nzɔku; Lithuanian: dramblys; Luhya: enjofu; Lü: ᦋᦱᧂᧉ; Maasai: olkanchaoi, olenkaina, oltome; Macedonian: слон; Madurese: ꦓꦙ; Malagasy: elefanta; Malay: gajah, biram; Malayalam: ആന; Maltese: iljunfant; Manchu: ᠰᡠᡶᠠᠨ; Mandinka: samoo; Marathi: हत्ती; Mezquital Otomi: elefante; Mirandese: eilefante; Moksha: слан; Mongolian Cyrillic: заан; Uyghurjin: ᠵᠠᠭᠠᠨ; Mukulu: 'elbi; Mwani: nembo; Nahuatl: elefante; Navajo: bíchį́į́h yee adilohii; Nepali: हात्ती; Newar: किसी; Ngazidja Comorian: nɗovu; Norman: êléphant; Northern Sami: elefánta; Northern Thai: ᨩ᩶ᩣ᩠ᨦ, ᨩ᩶ᩣ᩠ᨦ; Norwegian: elefant; Nuer: guɔr; Nupe: dagba; Occitan: elefant; Ojibwe: jejiibajikii; Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic: слонь; Old East Slavic: слонъ; Old English: elpend; Old Norse: fíll; Oriya: ହାତୀ; Oromo: arbaa; Ossetian: пыл; Ottoman Turkish: فیل‎‎; Pali: hatthin, nāga, gaja; Pashto: پيل‎; Persian: فیل‎, پیل‎; Middle Persian: pyl; Polish: słoń anim, słonica; Portuguese: elefante, elefanta, aliá, elefoa, alifante; Punjabi: ਹਾਥੀ; Rade: êman; Rajasthani: गयंद; Rohingya: háñti; Romani: woroslano, woroslanka; Romanian: elefant; Romansch: elefant; Russian: слон, слони́ха; Rusyn: слон; Rwanda-Rundi: inzovu; Saek: ซาง; Samoan: 'elefane; Sanskrit: गज, इभ, हस्तिन्; Santali: ᱦᱟᱹᱛᱤ; Sardinian: elefante, elefanti; Scottish Gaelic: ailbhean; Semai: cig; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: сло̏н, сло̀ница, фил; Roman: slȍn, slònica, fil; Shan: ၸၢင်ႉ; Shona: nzou; Sicilian: liotru, lifanti; Sindhi: ہاٿيِ‎; Sinhalese: අලියා; Slovak: slon; Slovene: slon, slonica; Somali: maroodi; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: elefant, słon; Upper Sorbian: elefant, słon; Sotho: tlou; Spanish: elefante; Old Spanish: alefant, eleofant, elifant; Sranan Tongo: asaw; Sundanese: ᮌᮏᮂ; Supyire: ńtàsùù; Swahili: ndovu, tembo; Swazi: indlovu; Swedish: elefant; Sylheti: ꠀꠔ꠆ꠔꠤ; Tagal Murut: godingan, godingan; Tagalog: elepante, gadya, ᜄᜇᜌ; Tai Dam: ꪋ꫁ꪱꪉ; Tai Nüa: ᥓᥣᥒᥳ; Tajik: фил, пил; Tamil: யானை; Tangale: labata; Tatar: фил; Tedaga: kumon; Telugu: ఏనుగు, గజము; Thai: ช้าง, คชสาร; Tibetan: གླང་ཆེན; Tigrinya: ሓርማዝ; Toba Batak: ᯎᯐ; Tocharian B: onkolmo; Tswana: tlou; Turkana: etom; Turkish: fil; Turkmen: pil; Udmurt: слон; Uduk: jè; Ukrainian: слон, слони́ха, слонь; Urdu: ہاتھی‎, ہستی‎, گج‎, فیل‎, پیل‎; Uyghur: پىل‎; Uzbek: fil; Venda: nḓou; Vietnamese: voi; Vilamovian: elefaont; Volapük: leefad; Welsh: eliffant; West Coast Bajau: datu', gaja; West Frisian: oaljefant; White Hmong: ntxhw; Wolof: ñey wi, ñay; Xhosa: indlovu; Yagnobi: фил; Yakut: слон; Yaqui: elehaánte; Yiddish: העלפֿאַנד‎; Yoruba: erin; Yucatec Maya: chowak jom, elefante; Zazaki: fîl; Zhuang: duzciengh, ciengh; Zulu: indlovu
Abkhaz: аслан; Acehnese: gajah; Afrikaans: olifant; Ahom: 𑜋𑜂𑜫; Albanian: elefant; Amharic: ዝሆን; Arabic: فِيل‎; Egyptian Arabic: فيل‎; Aragonese: alifante; Aramaic Hebrew: פילא‎, פילתא‎; Syriac: ܦܝܠܐ‎, ܦܝܠܬܐ‎; Armenian: փիղ; Assamese: হাতী; Asturian: elefante; Ateso: etome; Avar: пил; Azerbaijani: fil; Banjarese: gajah; Bashkir: фил; Basque: elefante; Bau Bidayuh: gajah; Belarusian: слон, слані́ха; Bengali: হাতি; Blackfoot: innóóhksisii; Breton: olifant; Brunei Malay: gajah; Bulgarian: слон; Burmese: ဆင်; Buryat: заан; Catalan: elefant; Old Catalan: orifany, aurifany, olifany; Central Melanau: gajah; Chechen: пийл; Cherokee: ᎧᎹᎹ, ᎧᎹᎹ ᎤᏔᎾ; Cheyenne: tsėhe'ėseeséhe; Chichewa: njovu; Chinese Cantonese: 象, 大象, 大笨象; Dungan: щён; Gan: 象; Hakka: 象; Jin: 象; Mon: စိၚ်; Mon Pali: ဟတ္ထိ; Mandarin: 象, 大象; Min Bei: 象; Min Dong: 象; Min Nan: 象; Wu: 象; Xiang: 象; Chol: elefanti; Chukchi: эʼԓыпын; Chuvash: слон; Classical Nahuatl: elepantli; Cornish: olifans; Crimean Tatar: fil; Czech: slon, slonice; Dagbani: wobgu; Danish: elefant; Dinka: akoon; Dutch: olifant, elpendier, elp;  Ekpeye: enyî; Esperanto: elefanto; Estonian: elevant; Faroese: fílur; Finnish: norsu, elefantti; French: éléphant, éléphante, éléphanteau, éléphantelle; Middle French: elephant; Old French: olifan; Friulian: elefant; Gagauz: fillär, fil; Galician: elefante; Georgian: სპილო; German: Elefant, Elefantenbulle, Elefantin, Elefantenkuh, Elefantenkalb; Alemannic German: Elifant; Greek: ελέφαντας; Ancient Greek: ἐλέφας; Greenlandic: nagguaatsoq; Guaraní: tapi'itĩmbuku; Gujarati: હાથી; Gwere: nzogi; Hausa: giwa; Hawaiian: ʻelepani; Hebrew: פִּיל‎; Hindi: हाथी, हस्ती, गज, फ़ील, पील, फील; Hungarian: elefánt; Ibibio: eniin; Icelandic: fíll; Ido: elefanto; Ilocano: gadia; Indonesian: gajah; Interlingua: elephante; Irish: eilifint; Isan: ซ่าง; Italian: elefante; Japanese: 象, ゾウ; Jarai: rơman; Jarawa: ʈʰehuːʈʰu; Javanese: ꦒꦗꦃ; Jingpho: magwi, magui; Kalenjin: ebelio; Kalmyk: зан; Kamba: nzou; Kannada: ಆನೆ, ಗಜ; Kashmiri: ہۆس‎, ہۆست‎, ۂسؠ تِنؠ‎; Kashubian: słóń; Kazakh: піл; Khasi: hati; Khmer: ដំរី; Khoekhoe: ǂkhoab; Kikuyu: njogu; Komi-Permyak: слӧн; Kongo: nzau, nzau; Korean: 코끼리; Kurdish Central Kurdish: فیل‎; Northern Kurdish: fîl; Kyrgyz: пил; Ladin: elefant; Ladino: איליפ׳אנטי‎; Lao: ຊ້າງ; Latin: elephantus, elephas, barrus, Lūca bōs; Latvian: zilonis; Lezgi: фил; Lingala: nzɔku; Lithuanian: dramblys; Luhya: enjofu; Lü: ᦋᦱᧂᧉ; Maasai: olkanchaoi, olenkaina, oltome; Macedonian: слон; Madurese: ꦓꦙ; Malagasy: elefanta; Malay: gajah, biram; Malayalam: ആന; Maltese: iljunfant; Manchu: ᠰᡠᡶᠠᠨ; Mandinka: samoo; Marathi: हत्ती; Mezquital Otomi: elefante; Mirandese: eilefante; Moksha: слан; Mongolian Cyrillic: заан; Uyghurjin: ᠵᠠᠭᠠᠨ; Mukulu: 'elbi; Mwani: nembo; Nahuatl: elefante; Navajo: bíchį́į́h yee adilohii; Nepali: हात्ती; Newar: किसी; Ngazidja Comorian: nɗovu; Norman: êléphant; Northern Sami: elefánta; Northern Thai: ᨩ᩶ᩣ᩠ᨦ, ᨩ᩶ᩣ᩠ᨦ; Norwegian: elefant; Nuer: guɔr; Nupe: dagba; Occitan: elefant; Ojibwe: jejiibajikii; Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic: слонь; Old East Slavic: слонъ; Old English: elpend; Old Norse: fíll; Oriya: ହାତୀ; Oromo: arbaa; Ossetian: пыл; Ottoman Turkish: فیل‎‎; Pali: hatthin, nāga, gaja; Pashto: پيل‎; Persian: فیل‎, پیل‎; Middle Persian: pyl; Polish: słoń anim, słonica; Portuguese: elefante, elefanta, aliá, elefoa, alifante; Punjabi: ਹਾਥੀ; Rade: êman; Rajasthani: गयंद; Rohingya: háñti; Romani: woroslano, woroslanka; Romanian: elefant; Romansch: elefant; Russian: слон, слони́ха; Rusyn: слон; Rwanda-Rundi: inzovu; Saek: ซาง; Samoan: 'elefane; Sanskrit: गज, इभ, हस्तिन्; Santali: ᱦᱟᱹᱛᱤ; Sardinian: elefante, elefanti; Scottish Gaelic: ailbhean; Semai: cig; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: сло̏н, сло̀ница, фил; Roman: slȍn, slònica, fil; Shan: ၸၢင်ႉ; Shona: nzou; Sicilian: liotru, lifanti; Sindhi: ہاٿيِ‎; Sinhalese: අලියා; Slovak: slon; Slovene: slon, slonica; Somali: maroodi; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: elefant, słon; Upper Sorbian: elefant, słon; Sotho: tlou; Spanish: elefante; Old Spanish: alefant, eleofant, elifant; Sranan Tongo: asaw; Sundanese: ᮌᮏᮂ; Supyire: ńtàsùù; Swahili: ndovu, tembo; Swazi: indlovu; Swedish: elefant; Sylheti: ꠀꠔ꠆ꠔꠤ; Tagal Murut: godingan, godingan; Tagalog: elepante, gadya, ᜄᜇᜌ; Tai Dam: ꪋ꫁ꪱꪉ; Tai Nüa: ᥓᥣᥒᥳ; Tajik: фил, пил; Tamil: யானை; Tangale: labata; Tatar: фил; Tedaga: kumon; Telugu: ఏనుగు, గజము; Thai: ช้าง, คชสาร; Tibetan: གླང་ཆེན; Tigrinya: ሓርማዝ; Toba Batak: ᯎᯐ; Tocharian B: onkolmo; Tswana: tlou; Turkana: etom; Turkish: fil; Turkmen: pil; Udmurt: слон; Uduk: jè; Ukrainian: слон, слони́ха, слонь; Urdu: ہاتھی‎, ہستی‎, گج‎, فیل‎, پیل‎; Uyghur: پىل‎; Uzbek: fil; Venda: nḓou; Vietnamese: voi; Vilamovian: elefaont; Volapük: leefad; Welsh: eliffant; West Coast Bajau: datu', gaja; West Frisian: oaljefant; White Hmong: ntxhw; Wolof: ñey wi, ñay; Xhosa: indlovu; Yagnobi: фил; Yakut: слон; Yaqui: elehaánte; Yiddish: העלפֿאַנד‎; Yoruba: erin; Yucatec Maya: chowak jom, elefante; Zazaki: fîl; Zhuang: duzciengh, ciengh; Zulu: indlovu