𓉿
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Egyptian
Glyph origin
Representing a doorleaf, in the form of a wooden panel with bronze flashing along one edge, terminating in two cylindrical bronze pins that turned in the hinge. Because this sign was usually accompanied by horizontal signs such as 𓉻 (
), it was typically written in a horizontal orientation as well in order to better fill the available space.
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Symbol
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(ꜥꜣ)
- (rare) Biliteral phonogram for ꜥꜣ.
- Logogram for or determinative in ꜥꜣ (“doorleaf”).
- Determinative in words relating to opening something, as in wn (“to open”), zn (“to open”).
Descendants
- Phoenician: 𐤃 (d)
- Ancient Greek: Δ (D), δ (d)
- Cyrillic: Д, д
- Old Italic: 𐌃
- Latin: D, d
- Aramaic: 𐡃 (d)
- Syriac: ܕ
- Arabic: د (d)
- Hebrew: ד
- Pahlavi:
- Inscriptional Pahlavi: 𐭣 (d)
- Inscriptional Parthian: 𐭃 (d)
- Avestan: 𐬛
- (debated) Brahmi: 𑀥
- Syriac: ܕ
- Ancient Greek: Δ (D), δ (d)
References
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 496
- Betrò, Maria (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN