šꜣsw
Egyptian
Etymology
Probably from šꜣs (“to travel, to wander”). A borrowing derived from Hebrew שָׁסָה (šāsā) or שָׁסַס (šāsas, “to plunder”) has also been suggested.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ʃɑsuː/
- Conventional anglicization: shasu
Proper noun
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- the Shasu, Semitic nomads originally from the area around Edom and Mount Seir, later also throughout southern Canaan [since the 18th Dynasty]
- the land of the Shasu, the area around Edom and Mount Seir [since the 18th Dynasty]
- (possibly) warlike nomads in general
Usage notes
Conventionally this word is sometimes translated as bedouin, but the Shasu were not (necessarily) Arabs; some scholars have suggested links to other Semitic groups, such as the Israelites.
Alternative forms
Hieroglyphic writings of the phonetic component of šꜣsw
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| [19th Dynasty] | [Greco-Roman Period] | [Greco-Roman Period] |
Determinatives of šꜣsw
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Derived terms
- tꜣ šꜣsw yhwꜣ
Descendants
- Akhmimic Coptic: ϣⲁⲥ (šas, “herd, shepherd”)
- Sahidic Coptic: ϣⲱⲥ (šōs, “herd, shepherd”)
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
- Ward, William A. (1972) “The Shasu ‘Bedouin’: Notes on a Recent Publication” in Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, Volume 15, Issue 1, pp. 35-60
- Giveon, Raphael (1971) Les Bédouins Shosou des documents égyptiens