jwn

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Perhaps from a form such as Proto-Afroasiatic *lwn-; compare Arabic لَوْن (lawn, “color, type”), Ugaritic 𐎀𐎐 (ản, “pigment”).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /jaˈwin/ → /jaˈwin/ → /ʔaˈwen/ → /ʔaˈwen/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /jaˈwin/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /jaˈwin/ (→ IPA^(key): /ʔaˈwin/)
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈwen/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈwen/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iuːn/
  • Conventional anglicization: iun

Noun

 m

1. color

Inflection

Declension of jwn (masculine)

singular	jwn
dual	jwnwj
plural	jwnw

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲉⲟⲩⲉⲛ (eouen)
• Bohairic Coptic: ⲁⲟⲩⲁⲛ (aouan)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲁⲟⲩⲏⲛ (aouēn), ⲁⲩⲁⲛ (auan)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲁⲩⲁⲛ (auan), ⲁⲩⲉⲓⲛ (auein)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iuːn/
  • Conventional anglicization: iun

Noun

 m

1. pillar, column

Inflection

Declension of jwn (masculine)

singular	jwn
dual	jwnwj
plural	jwnw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jwn  

jwn

Derived terms

• jwnw

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 52.10–52.18, 53.10–53.18
• Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 19