mṯwn

mṯwn

Egyptian

Etymology

m- (nomen loci-forming prefix) +‎ ṯwn (“to gore”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈmacwan/ → /ˈmaʔwan/ → /ˈmaʔwən/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈmacwan/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʔwan/
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʔwən/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛt͡ʃuːn/
  • Conventional anglicization: metjun

Noun

 m

1. arena for bullfighting, bull ring [since the Old Kingdom]

Inflection

Declension of mṯwn (masculine)

singular	mṯwn
dual	mṯwnwj
plural	mṯwnw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mṯwn  

mtwn

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 175.12–175.13
• Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 121
• Wilson, Penelope (1991) A Lexicographical Study of the Ptolemaic Texts in the Temple of Edfu, Liverpool: University of Liverpool, page 856

1. Gundacker, Roman (2011) “On the Etymology of the Egyptian Crown Name mrsw.t*: An “Irregular” Subgroup of m-Prefix Formations” in Lingua Aegyptia, volume 19, page 43