sṯzw
Egyptian
editEtymology
editLikely shortened from sṯzw-šw (“the raisings/props of Shu”), from sṯzj (“to raise, lift up”).
Pronunciation
edit- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /sɛt͡ʃɛzuː/
- Conventional anglicization: setjezu
Noun
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- (plural only) clouds [since the Book of the Dead]
Alternative forms
editReferences
edit- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 361.15–362.2
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 256