ḏrtjw
Egyptian
Etymology
ḏrtj (“falcon (as a god)”) + -w (plural ending).
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɛrtiuː/
- Conventional anglicization: djertiu
Noun
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- (plural only) ancestors [since the Middle Kingdom]
- c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 6–7:
- ḏrtjw m ṯḥw mꜣ.sn sw ntjw jm ḥr nr n.f
- The ancestors are in joy when they see him, and the dead are in awe of him.
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏrtjw
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References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 597–598.9
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 324