ꜣqw

Egyptian

Etymology

ꜣq (“to perish, to fall to ruin, to wane”) +‎ -w.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑkuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: aqu

Noun

 m

1. ruin, devastation, destruction
2. misfortune

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣqw  

ꜣq	ꜣq	ꜣqꜣ
	[Middle Kingdom]	[20th Dynasty]
		in hieratic

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 21.21
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 6