jꜣw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /jaˈʀaw/ → /jaˈʀaw/ → /ʔaw/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /jaˈʀaw/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /jaˈʀaw/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔaw/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iɑuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: iau

Noun

 m

1. (uncountable) praise

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜣw  

jꜣ	jꜣw	jꜣw	jꜣw

Descendants

• Coptic: ⲱⲟⲩ (ōou)

Noun

 m

1. (uncountable) old age
2. old man

Inflection

Declension of jꜣw (masculine)

singular	jꜣw
dual	jꜣwwj
plural	jꜣww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜣw  

jꜣw	jꜣwj
	in sense ‘old age’

Derived terms

• mdw jꜣw

Related terms

• jꜣwj

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 99, 122, 183, 230, 333, 348, 455.
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 39