Egyptian [ edit ] Pronunciation [ edit ] Etymology 1 [ edit ] m pl
( plural only ) trees [since the Middle Kingdom] ( plural only ) orchard , plantation [since the Middle Kingdom] ( plural only ) plants in general [Greco-Roman Period] Usage notes [ edit ] From the Late Period on, this plural was sometimes treated as a singular.
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mnw
Etymology 2 [ edit ] Uncertain, possibly a loanword from Semitic Hebrew מָן ( mān ) . Alternatively, possibly connected to mnw ( “ trees, orchard, plantation ” ) .
m
a white aromatic plant smelling of ꜥntjw myrrh ? ) [Greco-Roman Period] Etymology 3 [ edit ] m
monument Inflection [ edit ]
Declension of mnw (masculine)
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mnw
Descendants [ edit ] Akhmimic Coptic: ⲙⲉⲉⲓⲛⲉ ( meeine )
Bohairic Coptic: ⲙⲏⲓⲛⲓ ( mēini )
Fayyumic Coptic: ⲙⲏⲉⲓⲛ ( mēein )
Sahidic Coptic: ⲙⲁⲉⲓⲛ ( maein ) Etymology 4 [ edit ] Proper noun [ edit ] m
the god Min Alternative forms [ edit ]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mnw
mnw mnw mnw mnwtj
[Old Kingdom]
[New Kingdom]
Derived terms [ edit ] Descendants [ edit ] → Ancient Greek: Μηνᾶς ( Mēnâs ) → Coptic: ⲙⲏⲛⲁ ( mēna ) → Greek: Μηνάς ( Minás ) → Old Armenian: Մինաս ( Minas ) → Romanian: Mina → Russian: Мина ( Mina ) → English: Min By a misreading:
See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] Takács, Gábor (2007 ) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian , volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN 284–285 , →ISBN Erman, Adolf , Grapow, Hermann (1928 ) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache [1] →ISBN pages 71.13–71.17, 72.11 Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962 ) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian , Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN page 108 James P[eter] Allen (2010 ) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs , 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN pages 171, 257 
