ἄμβαρ <Semitic; Early Byzantine period>
👉 ἄμβαρ, gen. ἄμβαρος n. – ‘ambergris’ (Aët. 16.130, 16.142, etc.), ἄμπαρ n. ‘id.’ (Aët. 1.131; Cat. Cod. Astr. 9.2, 144.24), also gen. ἀμπάρεος (Cat. Cod. Astr. 9.2, 142.6).
🅔 From Arabic ʿanbar ‘ambergris’. The origin of the Arabic word is unknown.
📖 Data: ALG: s.v. ʿanbar; DMWA: 647. Ref.: Zervan 2019: 11f.; cf. Le Maguer 2015: 178f.