Egyptian
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Etymology
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A ‘reverse nisba’ construction from jmj (“being in”) + r (“mouth”), thus literally ‘one in whom the mouth is’, implying ‘one who gives commands’. The written form is abbreviated to omit the weak consonants.
Pronunciation
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m
- overseer
Inflection
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Declension of jmj-r (masculine)
Alternative forms
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jmj-r
Derived terms
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References
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- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 93.