jtrw

Egyptian
FWOTD – 30 March 2015

Etymology

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Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈjatɾaw/ → /ˈjatɾaw/ → /ˈjaʔɾə/ → /ˈjaʔɾ/[1]

Noun
it
r		 wmw

 m

  1. river
  2. The Nile River.
    Synonym: ḥꜥpj

Inflection
Declension of jtrw (masculine)
singular jtrw
dual jtrwwj
plural jtrww

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jtrw  
it
r		 wN36
it
r		 wN37
Z2
it
r		 WN36
N23 Z1
it
r		 N36
it
r		 iimwN36
N23
it W
r		 mwN36
N23 Z1
it
r		 N36
N35B
it
r		 E23N36
N21 Z1
jtrw jtrw jtrw jtr jtry jtrw jtr jtrw

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Demotic: N36-N23⁠Z1⁠mw⁠r⁠y (yr)
  • ⇒ Demotic: ꜥꜣ⁠N36-N23⁠Z1⁠mw⁠r⁠y (yr-ꜥꜣ)
  • → Hebrew: יְאוֹר \ יְאֹר (ye'ór)

Noun
it
r		 wmwN36
N21 Z1

 m

  1. a schene, a measure of length equivalent to 20,000 mḥw (“cubits”) (about 10.5 kilometres or 6.5 miles).

Inflection
Declension of jtrw (masculine)
singular jtrw
dual jtrwwj
plural jtrww

References
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 105.
  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
  1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 47
  2. “Iaruʾu”, in The Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period‎, (Can we date this quote?)
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