jꜣš
Egyptian
Etymology
Allen considers this word a Middle Kingdom development of ꜥš (“to summon, to call”), with the ayin having become a glottal stop.[1]
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /iɑʃ/
- Conventional anglicization: iash
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜣš
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 258 page 182, 258.
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 33
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 8–9
- Allen, James (2015) Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 47
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