Egyptian
Etymology
Compare Arabic غُرُوب (ḡurūb, “sunset”) and Hebrew עֶרֶב (érev, “evening, night”).
Pronunciation
Noun
m
- evening [since the Pyramid Texts]
Inflection
Declension of ḫꜣwj (masculine)
| singular
|
ḫꜣwj
|
| dual
|
ḫꜣwjwj
|
| plural
|
ḫꜣwjw
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫꜣwj
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 233.
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 225.17–226.5