jwnw
Egyptian
Etymology
Likely from the plural of jwn (“pillar, column”), thus literally meaning ‘Pillars’.
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈjaːnaw/ → /ˈjaːnaw/ → /ʔaːnəʔ/ → /ʔoːnə/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /iuːnuː/
- Conventional anglicization: iunu
Proper noun
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m./f. topo.
- Heliopolis
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jwnw
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jnw | jwn | |||||
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Derived terms
- twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn-ḥqꜣ-jwnw-šmꜥw
Descendants
- → Hebrew: אֹן (ʾōn), אָוֶן (ʾāwen)
- Coptic: ⲱⲛ (ōn)
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 346.
- Edel, Elmar (1976) Ägyptische Ärzte und ägyptische Medizin am hethitischen Königshof: Neue Funde von Keilschriftbriefen Ramses’ II. aus Boğazköy, Rheinisch-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Geisteswissenschaften, Vorträge. G 205, →ISBN, page 19
- Neo-Assyrian toponyms, Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus, University of Pennsylvania