jnpw

Egyptian

FWOTD – 31 May 2015

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /jaˈnaːpaw/ → /jaˈnaːpaw/ → /ʔaˈnaːpəʔ/ → /ʔaˈnoːp/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /jaˈnaːpaw/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /jaˈnaːpaw/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈnaːpəʔ/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈnoːp/

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

Noun

 m

1. prince, princess, child of a Pharaoh

Inflection

Declension of jnpw (masculine)

singular	jnpw
dual	jnpwwj
plural	jnpww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jnpw  

jnpw	jnpw	jnp

Proper noun

 m

1. Anubis, god of the cemetery, worshipped at Abydos

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jnpw  

jnp	jnpw	jnpw

Derived terms

• ḫw.n-jnpw

Descendants

• Coptic: ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲃ (anoub)
• → Ancient Greek: Ἄνουβις (Ánoubis)
  • → Latin: Anūbis
    • → Arabic: أنوبيس
    • → English: Anubis
    • → French: Anubis
    • → German: Anubis
    • → Italian: Anubi
    • → Japanese: アヌビス
    • → Portuguese: Anúbis
    • → Russian: Анубис (Anubis)
    • → Spanish: Anubis

References

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.