Egyptian
FWOTD – 31 May 2015
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /jaˈnaːpaw/ → /jaˈnaːpaw/ → /ʔaˈnaːpə/ → /ʔaˈnoːp/
Noun
m
- prince, princess, child of a Pharaoh
Inflection
Declension of jnpw (masculine)
singular
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jnpw
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dual
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jnpwwj
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plural
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jnpww
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jnpw
Proper noun
m
- Anubis, god of the cemetery, worshipped at Abydos
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jnpw
Derived terms
Descendants
- Demotic: jnpw
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲡ (anoup)
- Old Coptic: ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲡ (anoup)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲡ (anoup)
- → Ancient Greek: Ἄνουβις (Ánoubis), Ἀννῦφις (Annûphis)
See also
References
- ^ Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 13: “*Yannāpaw.”