jbr

Egyptian

Etymology

Borrowing from a Semitic language. Compare Biblical Hebrew אַבִּיר (ʾabbī́r, “mighty, valiant”) (often used of stallions), or perhaps Ugaritic 𐎛𐎁𐎗 (ỉbr, “bull”) (= Arabic بَعِير (baʕīr)).

Pronunciation

Noun
iH_SPACE
R7		 bAr
Z1		 E6

 m

  1. stallion [since the 18th Dynasty]

Inflection
Declension of jbr (masculine)
singular jbr
dual jbrwj
plural jbrw

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jbr  
iH_SPACE
R7		 bAZ1
H_SPACE		 r
Z1		 E6
iA2bAZ1
H_SPACE		 y
r Z1		 iiF28Z1
jbꜣr jbꜣjry
[New Kingdom]
in hieratic

References
  • Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 63.15
  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 16
  • Hoch, James E. (1994) Semitic Words in Egyptian Texts of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period, Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, pages 18–19
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