ḏrtjw

Egyptian

Etymology

ḏrtj (“falcon (as a god)”) +‎ -w (plural ending).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɛrtiuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: djertiu

Noun

 m pl

1. (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  

ḏrtjw	ḏrtjw	ḏrtjw

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 597–598.9
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 324