ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ

Coptic

Typical depiction of Amun during the New Kingdom, with two plumes on his head, the ankh symbol and the was sceptre.

Etymology

From Egyptian (jmn, “Amun”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈmuːn/

Proper noun

Ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ • (Amoun) m

1. (Bohairic) Amun, the hidden king of the Egyptian gods
2. (Bohairic) Thebes, Egypt. Derived from Amun's role as the patron god of Thebes.
3. a male given name from Egyptian

Derived terms

• ⲑⲃⲁⲕⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ (thbaki nte piamoun) (The city of Amun)
• ⲫⲁⲡⲓⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ (phapiamoun)

Related terms

• ⲑⲉⲃⲁⲓⲥ (thebais, “Thebes”)

References

• Vocabularium coptico-Latinum, Gustav Parthey, 1844
• Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN