ḫꜣwj

Egyptian

Etymology

Possibly related to Arabic غُرُوب (ḡurūb, “sunset”) and Hebrew עֶרֶב (érev, “evening, night”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɑuːi/
  • Conventional anglicization: khawi

Noun

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1. evening [since the Pyramid Texts]

Inflection

Declension of ḫꜣwj (masculine)

singular	ḫꜣwj
dual	ḫꜣwjwj
plural	ḫꜣwjw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫꜣwj  

ḫꜣw

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 233.
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 225.17–226.5