ḏꜣḏꜣw
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Egyptian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps related to ḏꜣḏꜣ (“head”). Compare the development of German Kopf, French tête, English noggin, each meaning ‘head’ from earlier ‘mug’/‘pot’.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɑd͡ʒɑuː/
- Conventional anglicization: djadjau
Noun
[edit] |
f
Alternative forms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 532.1–532.5
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 320