ꜥꜣ-dyw
Egyptian
editEtymology
editꜥꜣ (“great one”) + dyw (“fifty”).
Pronunciation
edit- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɑːʔɑ diːuː/
- Conventional anglicization: aa-dyu
Noun
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- (Late Egyptian) foreman in charge of fifty men; pentecontarch
Inflection
editDescendants
edit- Sahidic Coptic: ⲁⲛⲧⲁⲓⲟⲩ (antaiou)
References
edit- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 7