Egyptian
FWOTD – 31 May 2015
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /jaˈnaːpaw/ → /jaˈnaːpaw/ → /ʔaˈnaːpə/ → /ʔaˈnoːp/
Noun
m
- prince, princess, child of a Pharaoh
Inflection
Declension of jnpw (masculine)
| singular
|
jnpw
|
| dual
|
jnpwwj
|
| plural
|
jnpww
|
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jnpw
Proper noun
m
- Anubis, god of the cemetery, worshipped at Abydos
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jnpw
Derived terms
Descendants
- Demotic: jnpw
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲡ (anoup)
- Old Coptic: ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲡ (anoup)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲡ (anoup)
- → Ancient Greek: Ἄνουβις (Ánoubis), Ἀννῦφις (Annûphis)
See also
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, pages 144, 204, 366.
- ^ Vycichl, Werner (1983), Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 13: “*Yannāpaw.”