jꜥn

Egyptian

Etymology

One early writing of the word shows the form ꜥnr, which Erman and Grapow take to represent the earliest known form of the word; however, Vycichl considers this a pseudo-archaic secondary development, since none of the known plural forms conserve the consonant r in this position.

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈjuʕnVr/ → /ˈjuʕnVj/ → /ˈʕuʕnə/ → /ˈʕøʕn/

Noun

 m

  1. (male) baboon
  2. an epithet of the god Thoth

Inflection

Declension of jꜥn (masculine)
singular jꜥn
dual jꜥnwj
plural jꜥnw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜥn  















ꜥnr jꜥnꜥ jꜥnꜥ ꜥꜥnꜥ ꜥnꜥ ꜣꜥn ꜣꜥꜥnj ꜥnꜥn ꜥꜥn
[Old Kingdom] [Middle Kingdom] [Middle Kingdom] [Medical papyri] [18th Dynasty] [New Kingdom] [New Kingdom] [New Kingdom and
Greco-Roman Period] 		[Greco-Roman Period]
in hieratic in hieratic
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of plural jꜥnw  






jꜥnjw ꜥnꜥw ꜥny ꜣꜥꜥnjw
[Pyramid Texts] [New Kingdom] [New Kingdom] [New Kingdom]
in hieratic
The determinative of the baboon
may be replaced with one depicting only its head. As an epithet of Thoth, the word additionally appears with determinatives indicating godhood:
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜥn  




ꜣꜥꜥnw ꜣꜥꜥnj ꜥꜥnꜣ
[Late Egyptian] [Late Egyptian] [Late Egyptian]
in sense ‘epithet of Thoth’ in sense ‘epithet of Thoth’ in sense ‘epithet of Thoth’

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Demotic: ⁠⁠⁠ (ꜥꜥn)

Proper noun

 m

  1. a constellation, the Baboon

Alternative forms

See under the noun above.

References

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