Egyptian
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Glyph origin
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Representing an abstracted, universalized lizard; from the New Kingdom on a gecko is depicted instead. The phonogrammatic value derives by the rebus principle from the glyph’s use as a logogram for ꜥšꜣ (“lizard”).
(ꜥšꜣ)
- Triliteral phonogram for ꜥšꜣ, as in ꜥšꜣ (“to be numerous”).
- Logogram for ꜥšꜣ (“lizard”).
- Determinative in words for lizards, as in ḥntꜣsw (“lizard”), ꜥšꜣ (“lizard”).
References
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- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 475
- Henry George Fischer (1988) Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN
- Betrò, Maria Carmela (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN