kꜣr

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kɑr/
  • Conventional anglicization: kar

Noun

 m

1. chapel, shrine

Inflection

Declension of kꜣr (masculine)

singular	kꜣr
dual	kꜣrwj
plural	kꜣrw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of kꜣr  

kꜣrj	kꜣr

By the Middle Kingdom, the r in this word is often supplemented or replaced by j, reflecting a phonetic change.

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 107.12–108.12
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 284