ḏnḥ

Egyptian

Etymology

Likely related to Arabic جَنَاح (janāḥ), either through inheritance or through borrowing; see there for more.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈcʼuːnVħ/ → /ˈtʼuːnVħ/ → /ˈtʼuːnəħ/ → /ˈtʼeːnəħ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈcʼuːnVħ/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼuːnVħ/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼuːnəħ/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼeːnəħ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɛnɛh/
  • Conventional anglicization: djeneh

Noun

 m

1. wing
   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 14–15:

     …

     ꜣst ꜣḫt […] jrt šwt m šwwt.s sḫprt ṯꜣw m ḏnḥwj.s

     capable Isis […] who made shade with her feathers, who brought about breath with her wings

Inflection

Declension of ḏnḥ (masculine)

singular	ḏnḥ
dual	ḏnḥwj
plural	ḏnḥw

Synonyms

• dmꜣt

Derived terms

• ḏnḥ n ḏrww

Descendants

• Demotic: tnḥ
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲧⲉⲛϩ (tenh)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ⲧⲏⲛϩ (tēnh)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲧⲛϩ (tnh)

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 387.