mḏꜣy

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛd͡ʒɑiː/
  • Conventional anglicization: medjay

Noun

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1. one of the Medjay (initially a nomadic people from Nubia, later a sort of police force)

Inflection

Declension of mḏꜣy (masculine)

singular	mḏꜣy
dual	mḏꜣywj
plural	mḏꜣyw

Descendants

• → English: Medjay

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 381.