mnw

See also: mꜣnw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛnuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: menu

Etymology 1

Noun

 m pl

1. (plural only) trees [since the Middle Kingdom]
2. (plural only) orchard, plantation [since the Middle Kingdom]
3. (plural only) plants in general [Greco-Roman Period]

Usage notes

From the Late Period on, this plural was sometimes treated as a singular.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mnw  

mnw	mnw
	[Late Period]

Etymology 2

Uncertain, possibly a loanword from Semitic; compare Hebrew מָן (mān). Alternatively, possibly connected to mnw (“trees, orchard, plantation”).

Noun

 m

1. a white aromatic plant smelling of ꜥntjw (myrrh^?) [Greco-Roman Period]

Etymology 3

Noun

 m

1. monument

Inflection

Declension of mnw (masculine)

singular	mnw
dual	mnwwj
plural	mnww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mnw  

mnw

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲙⲉⲉⲓⲛⲉ (meeine)
• Bohairic Coptic: ⲙⲏⲓⲛⲓ (mēini)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲙⲏⲉⲓⲛ (mēein)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲙⲁⲉⲓⲛ (maein)

Etymology 4

Proper noun

 m

1. the god Min

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mnw  

mnw	mnw	mnw	mnwtj
		[Old Kingdom]	[New Kingdom]

Derived terms

• prt-mnw

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Μηνᾶς (Mēnâs)
  • → Coptic: ⲙⲏⲛⲁ (mēna)
    • → Arabic: مينا (mīna)
  • → Greek: Μηνάς (Minás)
  • → Old Armenian: Մինաս (Minas)
  • → Romanian: Mina
  • → Russian: Мина (Mina)
• → English: Min

By a misreading:

• → English: Khem

See also

• 𓁤

References

• Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 284–285, →ISBN
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 71.13–71.17, 72.11
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 108
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 171, 257.