yrdwnꜣ
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Egyptian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardēn, “Jordan”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /iːrduːnɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: yrduna
Proper noun[edit]
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- Jordan (a river in Western Asia, in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)
References[edit]
- Aḥituv, Shmuel (1984) “Jordan”, in Canaanite Toponyms in Ancient Egyptian Documents, Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, The Hebrew University, →ISBN, page 123
- Fischer-Elfert, Hans-Werner (1983) Die satirische Streitschrift des Papyrus Anastasi I, page 137.3