ḏꜣḏꜣ

See also: dꜣdꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

Related to Arabic جُمْجُمَة (jumjuma, “skull”) and Biblical Hebrew גֻּלְגֹּלֶת (gulgṓleṯ, “skull”).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈcʼaʀcʼaʀ/ → /ˈt͡ʃʼaʀt͡ʃʼaʀ/ → /ˈt͡ʃʼaːt͡ʃʼə/ → /ˈt͡ʃʼoːt͡ʃʼ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈcʼaʀcʼaʀ/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃʼaʀt͡ʃʼaʀ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃʼaːt͡ʃʼə/
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃʼoːt͡ʃʼ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑd͡ʒɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: djadja

Noun

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1. head

Descendants

• Demotic Egyptian: ḏꜣḏꜣ, ḏḏ
  • Akhmimic Coptic: ϫⲱ⸗ (jō⸗)
  • Bohairic Coptic: ϫⲱϫ (jōj), ϫⲱ⸗ (jō⸗)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ϫⲱϫ (jōj), ϫⲱ⸗ (jō⸗)
  • Lycopolitan Coptic: ϫⲱϫ (jōj), ϫⲱ⸗ (jō⸗)
  • Old Coptic: ϫⲱ⸗ (jō⸗)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ϫⲱϫ (jōj), ϫⲱ⸗ (jō⸗)

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939), A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, pages 756, 799
• Vycichl, Werner (1983), Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 334