ḫꜣrw

Egyptian

Etymology

From Hurrian 𒄯𒊒 (ḫur-ru /⁠ḫurw⁠/).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈχuɾɾaw/ → /ˈχuɾɾə/ → /ˈχøɾɾ/

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈχuɾɾaw/ (thus according to Loprieno, but the word is first attested in the early New Kingdom, after the fall of final glides)
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈχuɾɾə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈχøɾɾ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɑruː/
  • Conventional anglicization: kharu

Noun

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1. a Hurrian
2. more generally, a Syrian

Inflection

Declension of ḫꜣrw (masculine)

singular	ḫꜣrw
dual	ḫꜣrwwj
plural	ḫꜣrww

Descendants

• Demotic: ẖl
  • Akhmimic Coptic: ⳉⲉⲗ (xel)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ϩⲉⲗ (hel)
  • Lycopolitan Coptic: ϩⲁⲗ (hal)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 232.13–232.16