jꜥn
Egyptian
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Etymology
From an earlier form ꜥnr.
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /jaˈʕin/ → /jaˈʕin/ → /ʔaˈʕen/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /iɑːn/
- Conventional anglicization: ian
Inflection
Declension of jꜥn (masculine)
| singular | jꜥn |
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| dual | jꜥnwj |
| plural | jꜥnw |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜥn
The determinative of the baboon
is sometimes replaced with one depicting only its head.
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Derived terms
Descendants
Alternative forms
See under the noun above. In the sense of ‘Thoth’ the word additionally appears with determinatives indicating godhood:
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜥn
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| ꜣꜥꜥnw | ꜣꜥꜥnj | ꜥꜥnꜣ | ||||||||||||||||
| [Late Egyptian] | [Late Egyptian] | [Late Egyptian] |
References
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 11
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 3, 41.5–41.8, 192.15
- Lesko, Leonard; Lesko, Barbara (2002) A Dictionary of Late Egyptian, volume 1, second edition, Providence: B.C. Scribe Publications, →ISBN, page 2, 62
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 66
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 42
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