rṯnw

Egyptian

Etymology

Perhaps a loan word from a toponym cognate with Proto-Semitic *ʔarṣ́-.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /rɛt͡ʃɛnuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: retjenu

Proper noun

  m./f. topo.

1. Retjenu (Canaan and Syria)
2. the people of Retjenu

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of rṯnw  

rṯnw	rtnw

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 99, 170.