bꜣẖw

Egyptian

Etymology

Derived from bꜣẖ (“to rise (of the sun)”) +‎ -w.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈbaʀçaw/ → /ˈbaʀçaw/ → /ˈbaːçə/ → /βoːç/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈbaʀçaw/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈbaʀçaw/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈbaːçə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /βoːç/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /bɑçuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: bakhu

Proper noun

 m

1. a mythical mountain or mountainous region far in the east where the sun rises, said to be the source of malachite [since the New Kingdom]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bꜣẖw  

bẖw	bẖt	bẖtj
[New Kingdom]	[New Kingdom]	[Greco-Roman Period]

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 213.
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 422.9–422.10