Sassanian War Elephants

**SeniorBatavianHorse** · December 06, 2011, 03:55 PM

Or this?

**Blatta Optima Maxima** · December 06, 2011, 04:15 PM

Hmm... The bān thing makes it somewhat more complicated. What is the Indian name for such beasts (or their drivers)?

**Blatta Optima Maxima** · December 06, 2011, 04:22 PM

It appears there are three most common words for elephants:
1. Elephant in western and southern European languages;
2. Pill/fill/whatever in heavily Persianized languages;
3. Zilonis/Slon in Latvian and Slavic languages, respectively. Derived from "Zils/Ziljonny" respectivelly, which both mean blue.

Not connected, unfortuantely.