jwn

jwn

Egyptian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Afro-Asiatic *lwn-; cognate with Arabic لَوْن‎ (lawn, “color, type”), Ugaritic 𐎀𐎐 (ản, “pigment”).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /jaˈwin/ → /jaˈwin/ → /ʔaˈwen/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /jaˈwin/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /jaˈwin/ (→ IPA^(key): /ʔaˈwin/[1])
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈwen/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iuːn/
  • Conventional anglicization: iun

Noun

 m

1. color

Inflection

Declension of jwn (masculine)

singular	jwn
dual	jwnwj
plural	jwnw

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iuːn/
  • Conventional anglicization: iun

Noun

 m

1. pillar, column

Inflection

Declension of jwn (masculine)

singular	jwn
dual	jwnwj
plural	jwnw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jwn  

jwn

Derived terms

• jwnw

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 52.10–52.18, 53.10–53.18

1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 31, 35