wꜣḏw

Egyptian

Etymology

wꜣḏ (“to be green”) +‎ -w.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɑd͡ʒuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: wadju

Noun

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1. (uncountable) a green mineral pigment primarily used as eyepaint

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wꜣḏw  

wꜣḏw	wꜣḏw

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 267.9–267.15
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 55