jzr

Egyptian

Etymology

According to the Rösslerian school of Egyptian comparison, cognate with Arabic أَثْل (ʔaṯl, “tamarisk”) (whence English athel).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈjazɾVw/ → /ˈjasɾVw/ → /ˈʔasɾə/ → /ˈʔasɾ/

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

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

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

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

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

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /izɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: izer

Noun

 m

1. tamarisk

Inflection

Declension of jzr (masculine)

singular	jzr
dual	jzrwj
plural	jzrw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jzr  

jsr	jsr	js
		[Late Egyptian]

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ⲟⲥⲓ (osi), ⲟⲥ (os)

References

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN