ḏnḥ
Egyptian edit
Etymology edit
Likely related to Arabic جَنَاح (janāḥ), either through inheritance or through borrowing; see there for more.
Pronunciation edit
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈcʼuːnVħ/ → /ˈtʼuːnVħ/ → /ˈtʼuːnəħ/ → /ˈtʼeːnəħ/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɛnɛh/
- Conventional anglicization: djeneh
Noun edit
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- wing
- c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 14–15:
… - ꜣst ꜣḫt […] jrt šwt m šwwt.s sḫprt ṯꜣw m ḏnḥwj.s
- capable Isis […] who made shade with her feathers, who brought about breath with her wings
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References edit
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 387.