rṯnw
Egyptian
Etymology
Perhaps a loan word from a toponym cognate with Proto-Semitic *ʔarṣ́-.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /rɛt͡ʃɛnuː/
- Conventional anglicization: retjenu
Proper noun
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m./f. topo.
- Retjenu (Canaan and Syria)
- the people of Retjenu
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of rṯnw
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rṯnw | rtnw |
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 170 page 99, 170.