Egyptian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Compare Arabic ء م ن (ʔ m n) and Hebrew א־מ־ן (ʾ-m-n).

Pronunciation edit

 
  • (proper noun): (reconstructed) IPA(key): /jaˈmaːnuw//jaˈmaːnuw//ʔaˈmaːnə//ʔaˈmoːn/

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imn
n
A4

 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to hide, to conceal
  2. (intransitive or reflexive) to hide, to be(come) hidden or secret
  3. (intransitive, by extension) to be(come) rare or precious [Greco-Roman Period]
  4. (transitive) to create, form, shape (in a cosmic, divine sense)
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imn
n
A4
  1. perfective active participle of jmn: hidden, precious
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imn
n
A40
Relief carving, Medinet Habu, c. 1150 BC
imn
n
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 m

  1. Amun, a primeval god, personification of the hiddenness of the primeval waters, worshipped at Hermopolis as a member of the Ogdoad
  2. Amun, a god worshipped at Thebes as a member of the Theban Triad. From the Middle Kingdom, the king of the gods.
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  • Coptic: ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ (amoun)
  • Ancient Greek: Ἄμμων (Ámmōn)
  • Meroitic: 𐦠𐦨𐦩𐦢 (amni /⁠amani⁠/)

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Afroasiatic *yamin-. Cognate with Proto-Semitic *yamīn- (right).

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R14Z1
  1. right (direction)
  2. western
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R14Z1

 m

  1. the West
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References edit

  1. ^ Schenkel, Wolfgang (1990) Einführung in die altägyptische Sprachwissenschaft, page 89