mrw

See also: MRW

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈmuːɾaw/ → /ˈmuːɾaw/ → /ˈmuːɾə/ → /meːɾ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈmuːɾaw/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈmuːɾaw/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈmuːɾə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /meːɾ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛruː/
  • Conventional anglicization: meru

Noun

 m

1. desert

Inflection

Declension of mrw (masculine)

singular	mrw
dual	mrwwj
plural	mrww

Descendants

• Coptic: ⲙⲏⲣ (mēr)

Proper noun

 m

1. a male given name, Meru

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 44, 191.