zjnw

zjnw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈzijnVw/ → /ˈsijnVw/ → /ˈsejn/[1]

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈzijnVw/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsijnVw/

where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsejn/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zinuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: zinu

Noun

 m

1. physician

Inflection

Declension of zjnw (masculine)

singular	zjnw
dual	zjnwwj
plural	zjnww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zjnw  

zjnw

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 426, 427.7–427.15

1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 47