wrdw-jb

Egyptian

Etymology

wrdw (“weary”) +‎ jb (“heart”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘the weary-hearted’. No writing with ḏ in wrḏw is attested.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛrɛduː ib/
  • Conventional anglicization: weredu-ib

Proper noun

 m

1. an epithet of the dead god Osiris

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wrdw-jb  

wrd-jb

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 338.7
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 65