jꜥn

Egyptian

Etymology

From an earlier form ꜥnr.

Pronunciation

Noun

 m

  1. (male) baboon

Inflection
Declension of jꜥn (masculine)
singular jꜥn
dual jꜥnwj
plural jꜥnw

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜥn  













ꜥnr jꜥnꜥ ꜥꜥnꜥ ꜥnꜥ ꜣꜥn ꜣꜥꜥnj ꜣꜥꜥnj ꜥꜥn
[Old Kingdom] [Middle Kingdom] [Middle Egyptian] [Middle Egyptian] [New Kingdom] [New Kingdom] [Late Egyptian] [Greco-Roman Period]
in papyri in papyri
The determinative of the baboon
is sometimes replaced with one depicting only its head.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Demotic: ꜥꜥn(y)

Proper noun

 m

  1. an epithet of the god Thoth
  2. a constellation

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  




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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