jꜣḫw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈjaʀχVw/ → /ˈjaʀχVw/ → /jaːχə/ → /joːχ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈjaʀχVw/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈjaʀχVw/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /jaːχə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /joːχ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iɑxuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: iakhu

Noun

 m

1. sunlight, sunshine
2. radiance
3. used as an epithet for various gods, particularly Ra

Inflection

Declension of jꜣḫw (masculine)

singular	jꜣḫw
dual	jꜣḫwwj
plural	jꜣḫww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜣḫw  

jꜣḫw	ꜣḫw	ꜣḫw	ꜣḫw	ꜣḫ	ꜣḫw	ꜣḫw
	[Middle Kingdom]	[Middle Kingdom]	[New Kingdom]
as a divine epithet					as a divine epithet	as a divine epithet

Derived terms

• n ḏr-jꜣḫw
• rww-ḏr-jꜣḫw

Related terms

• jꜣḫ
• jꜣḫt

Descendants

• Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲉⲓⲁϩ (eiah), ⲣⲓⲁϩ (riah)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 13, 33.3–33.4
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 4–5, 9
• Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 69