zẖꜣw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈzaçʀaw/ → /ˈsaçʀaw/ → /ˈsaçʔəʔ/ → /saç/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɛçɑuː/
- Conventional anglicization: zekhau

Noun

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scribe

Inflection

Declension of zẖꜣw (masculine a-stem)

singular	zẖꜣw
dual	zẖꜣwwj
plural	zẖꜣww

Derived terms

zẖꜣw n ṯmꜣ

Descendants

Coptic: ⲥⲁϧ (sax) (Bohairic), ⲥⲁϩ (sah) (Sahidic), ⲥⲉϩ (seh) (Fayyumic)

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 63 page 48, 63.

Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 58

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