n jb n

Egyptian

Etymology

n (“for”) +‎ jb (“heart, mind”) +‎ n(j) (“of”).

Pronunciation

(reconstructed Old Egyptian) IPA^(key): /niˈjibnij/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɛn ib ɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: en ib en

Preposition

for the sake of (someone)
so that, in order to (do something)

References

Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 60.4–60.6
Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 15

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