Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

Unknown, probably refers to Judah Ben-Hur, the fictional character, the title character and protagonist from Lew Wallace's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, from Hebrew בן־חור.

 
Judah Ben-Hur

Noun edit

benhur (first-person possessive benhurku, second-person possessive benhurmu, third-person possessive benhurnya)

  1. (rare) cyan
    benhur:  
    Synonym: sian
  2. royal blue
    benhur:  

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • Pusat Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa (1984) Daftar Istilah Warna [Colour Terms List] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia