mzḥ

Egyptian

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /mVˈzaħ/ → /mVˈsaħ/ → /məˈsaħ/ → /məˈsaħ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /mVˈzaħ/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /mVˈsaħ/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /məˈsaħ/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /məˈsaħ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛzɛh/
  • Conventional anglicization: mezeh

Noun

 m

1. crocodile

Inflection

Declension of mzḥ (masculine)

singular	mzḥ
dual	mzḥwj
plural	mzḥw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mzḥ  

msḥ	msḥ

Synonyms

• dpy
• kꜣpw

Descendants

• Demotic: msḥ
  • Coptic: ⲙⲥⲁϩ (msah) (Sahidic, Bohairic), ⲉⲙⲥⲁϩ (emsah) (Bohairic)
    • → Arabic: تِمْسَاح (timsāḥ)
      • → Egyptian Arabic: تمساح (temsāḥ)
      • → Pashto: مسه (msa)
      • → Persian: تمساح (temsâh)
      • → Turkish: timsah
      • → Hebrew: תמסח (timsakh)

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 212, 235.
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN