sꜣrꜣqw

Egyptian

Etymology

Borrowed from Semitic, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ṯalg-; compare Hebrew שֶׁלֶג (šéleḡ), Akkadian 𒊭𒆷𒄖 (šalgu).

Pronunciation

• (reconstructed Middle Egyptian) IPA^(key): /salɡuː/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɑrɑkuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: saraqu

Noun

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1. snow

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 204.14