zšn

Egyptian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /zaˈʃaːʃan/ → /ˈsaːʃan/ → /ˈsoːʃən/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɛʃɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: zeshen

Noun

m

lotus flower

Inflection

Declension of zšn (masculine)

singular	zšn
dual	zšnwj
plural	zšnw

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: σοῦσον (soûson) (see there for further descendants)
- → Middle Persian: swsn' (sōsan)
  - → Arabic: سُوسَن‎ (sūsan)
    - Andalusian Arabic: السوسنة‎ (as-sūsána)
      - → Spanish: azucena
  - Persian: سوسن‎ (sôsan)
Demotic: sšn
- Coptic: ϣⲱϣⲉⲛ (šōšen)
→ Hebrew: שושנה‎ (shoshaná)

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 277.

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