ḫꜣwj
Egyptian edit
Etymology edit
Possibly related to Arabic غُرُوب (ḡurūb, “sunset”) and Hebrew עֶרֶב (érev, “evening, night”).
Pronunciation edit
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /xɑuːi/
- Conventional anglicization: khawi
Noun edit
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- evening [since the Pyramid Texts]
Inflection edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫꜣwj
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 233.
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 225.17–226.5