pr-ꜥꜣ

Demotic

Etymology

From Egyptian

(pr-ꜥꜣ, pharaoh).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pəɾˈʕoʔ/, /pəɾˈʕaʔ/ (depending on dialect)

Noun

 m

  1. king, pharaoh

Descendants

  • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲣⲣⲟ (rro)
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲣⲟ (ouro), ⲡⲟⲩⲣⲟ (pouro)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ⲣⲣⲁ (rra), ⲉⲣⲣⲁ (erra), ⲓⲣⲣⲁ (irra), ⲉⲣⲁ (era)
  • Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲣⲣⲟ (rro)
  • Old Coptic: ⲉⲣⲟ (ero)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲣⲣⲟ (rro), ⲉⲣⲟ (ero), ⲟⲩⲣⲟ (ouro)

Egyptian

Etymology

    From pr (house) +‎ ꜥꜣ (great, big).

    Pronunciation

     
    • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /paɾuwˈʕaʀ//paɾuwˈʕaʀ//paɾəˈʕaʔ//pəɾˈʕaʔ/

    Noun


     m

    1. palace
    2. (metonymic) pharaoh [c. 1450 BCE]
      Synonyms: ḥm, nswt, nswt-bjtj

    Inflection

    Declension of pr-ꜥꜣ (masculine)
    singular


    pr-ꜥꜣ
    dual


    prwj-ꜥꜣwj
    plural


    prw-ꜥꜣw

    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ Pirʾu”, in The Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period[1], (Can we date this quote?)