ꜥꜣm

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Egyptian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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T14m

 m

  1. A member of one of the foreign Asian peoples living north and east of the Egyptian borders; Asian, Semite [since the Old Kingdom]
    • c. 1555 BCE, Second Stela of Kamose:
      wh[{m}]G37ib Z1
      k
      ir
      f
      T14mA14A
      X
      z
      G37

      ma
      k
      swr
      r
      imwA1
      gs
      ir
      p nw
      n
      k
      Amwpr
      k

      ma
      t x
      A38n&A1 T14mwA14A
      Z2
      n
      M16 A
      q
      A1
      wh{m} jb.k jr.f ꜥꜣm ẖz m.k swrj.j m jrp n(j) kꜣmw.k m ꜥtḫ n.j ꜥꜣmw n(j) ḥꜣq.j
      May your heart fail, you wretched Asiatic! Look, I drink of the wine of your vineyard, which the Asiatics I have captured press for me.
  2. Syrian slave
  3. herdsman [since the 19th Dynasty]

Usage notes

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This word is conventionally translated as Asiatic; it is often found in opposition to the word for foreigners south of Egypt, nḥsj.

Inflection

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Alternative forms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Demotic: ꜥꜣm

Noun

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T14m
T15qA

 m

  1. throwing stick, boomerang [18th Dynasty]

Inflection

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