jꜣbtjw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

jꜣbtj (eastern) + -w (plural suffix).

Noun

 m pl

  1. (plural only) easterners
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Etymology 2

Ultimately from jꜣbt (east).

Noun

 m

  1. east side, the east of a place [Middle and New Kingdom]
    • c. 1859 BCE – 1840 BCE, The Story of Sinuhe, version B (pBerlin 3022 and pAmherst n-q) lines 14–15:





      swꜣ.n.j ḥr jꜣbtjw jkw [m ḥryt] nb[t]-ḏw-(d)š(r)
      I passed by the east side of the Tura quarry [above] the Lad[y] of the Red Mountain.
    • c. 1800 BCE, The Story of Sinuhe, version R (pRamesseum A/pBerlin 10499, Verso) lines 39–41:






      swꜣ.n.j ḥr jꜣbtjw jkw m ḥryt [nb]t-ḏw-dšr
      I passed by the east side of the Tura quarry above the [Lad]y of the Red Mountain.
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