jmꜣw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

 m

  1. tent [since the Middle Kingdom]
    ― jrj jmꜣ(w) ― to pitch a tent
    ― ḥr jmꜣ(w) ― to set up camp
  2. (figuratively) building, such as a hut, house, or office
Inflection
Declension of jmꜣw (masculine)
singular jmꜣw
dual jmꜣwwj
plural jmꜣww
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jmꜣw  


jꜣm jmꜣw jmw jmꜣm jmw
[18th Dynasty] [18th Dynasty] [New Kingdom] [New Kingdom]
in hieratic

Etymology 2

From jmꜣ (“to be friendly, charming, pleasing”) +‎ -w.

Noun

 m

  1. radiance of the sun; solar splendor or brilliance [since the 18th Dynasty]
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jmꜣw  




jmꜣw jmꜣw jmꜣw jmꜣw jmꜣw jmꜣw jmw jm jmt
[Greco-Roman Period] [Greco-Roman Period]

References

  • “jꜣm.w (lemma ID 25010)” and “jꜣm.w (lemma ID 24990)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎[1], Corpus issue 18, Web app version 2.1.5, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–26 July 2023
  • Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎[2], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 80.9, 81.1–81.7
  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 20
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 149.
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