mṯwn

Egyptian

Etymology

m- (nomen loci-forming prefix) +‎ ṯwn (“to gore”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛt͡ʃuːn/
  • Conventional anglicization: metjun

Noun

 m

1. arena for bullfighting, bull ring [since the Old Kingdom]

Inflection

Declension of mṯwn (masculine)

singular	mṯwn
dual	mṯwnwj
plural	mṯwnw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mṯwn  

mtwn

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 175.12–175.13
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 121
• Wilson, Penelope (1991) A Lexicographical Study of the Ptolemaic Texts in the Temple of Edfu, Liverpool: University of Liverpool, page 856