jdmj

Egyptian

FWOTD – 18 May 2019

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /jVˈtʼuːmVj/ → /jVˈtʼuːmVj/ → /ʔəˈtʼuːmə/ → /ʔəˈtʼeːm/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /jVˈtʼuːmVj/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /jVˈtʼuːmVj/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔəˈtʼuːmə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔəˈtʼeːm/

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

Noun

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1. fine red linen
   • c. 2289 BCE – 2255 BCE, Pyramid Texts of Pepi I — west wall of the vestibule, line 62–63, spell 576.24–576.27:

     
     
     

     ppy pw wꜥ m (j)fd(w) jpw nṯrw msw gbb ḫnzjw šmꜥ ḫnzjw tꜣ [mḥw] ꜥḥꜥw ḥr ḏꜥmw.sn wrḥw ḥꜣtt wnḫw m jdmj ꜥnḫyw m dꜣb zwrjw jrp

     Pepi is one of these four gods whom Geb bore, who traverse Upper Egypt, who traverse the land of [Lower Egypt], who stand at their electrum scepters, who are anointed with the best oil, who are clothed in fine linen, who live on figs, who drink wine.

   • 6th Dynasty, Giza, Western Cemetery, Shaft G 2188 Y, Block of sunk relief inscription mentioning the dog Abutiu (35-10-22/Cairo JE 67573), lines 3–6:

     
     
     

     wḏ ḥm.f qrs.f rḏj n.f qrst m prwj-ḥḏ (j)dmj ꜥꜣ wrt [s]nṯr

     His Majesty commanded that he be buried, that he be given a burial from the two treasuries and very much fine linen and incense.

Inflection

Declension of jdmj (masculine)

singular	jdmj
dual	jdmjwj
plural	jdmjw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jdmj  

dmj	dmj	jdm	jdmj	jdmj	jdmj	jdmj
[Old Kingdom]	[Old Kingdom]	[Old Kingdom]	[Old Kingdom]	[New Kingdom]	[Greco-Roman Period]	[Greco-Roman Period]
			abbreviation			abbreviation

Derived terms

• jdmjt

Descendants

• → Hebrew: אֵטוּן (ʾēṭūn)
  • → Ancient Greek: ὀθόνη (othónē) (or via another Semitic language)

    Greek: οθόνη (othóni)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 153.14–153.16