Egyptian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
m pl
( plural only ) trees [since the Middle Kingdom]
( plural only ) orchard , plantation [since the Middle Kingdom]
( plural only ) plants in general [Greco-Roman Period]
Usage notes
From the Late Period on, this plural was sometimes treated as a singular.
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mnw
Etymology 2
Uncertain, possibly a loanword from Semitic ; compare Hebrew מָן ( mān ) . Alternatively, possibly connected to mnw ( “ trees, orchard, plantation ” ) .
Noun
m
a white aromatic plant smelling of ꜥntjw (myrrh ? ) [Greco-Roman Period]
Etymology 3
Noun
m
monument
Inflection
Declension of mnw (masculine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mnw
Etymology 4
Proper noun
m
the god Min
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mnw
mnw
mnw
mnw
mnwtj
[Old Kingdom]
[New Kingdom]
Descendants
By a misreading:
References
Takács, Gábor (2007 ) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian , volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN , pages 284–285 , →ISBN
Erman, Adolf , Grapow, Hermann (1928 ) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache [1] , volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN , pages 71.13–71.17, 72.11
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962 ) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian , Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN , page 108
James P[eter] Allen (2010 ) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs , 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN , pages 171, 257 .