yr-ꜥꜣ

Demotic

Etymology

From Egyptian jtrw ꜥꜣ. By surface analysis, yr (“river, canal”) +‎ ꜥꜣ (“great”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jəɾəˈʕoʔ/, /jəɾəˈʕaʔ/

Proper noun

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ m

1. the Nile

Alternative forms

• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (yꜥr-ꜥꜣ)

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲓⲉⲣⲟ (iero)
• Bohairic Coptic: ⲓⲁⲣⲟ (iaro)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲓⲉⲣⲁ (iera)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲉⲓⲉⲣⲟ (eiero), ⲓⲉⲣⲟ (iero)
• → Old Persian: 𐎱𐎡𐎼𐎠𐎺 (Pirāva)
• → Achaemenid Elamite: [script needed] ([^hPi-ra]-ma)
• → Neo-Assyrian: 𒅀𒊒𒀪𒌑 (ia-ru-ʾu-u₂)

References

• Erichsen, Wolja (1954) Demotisches Glossar, Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, page 50
• Janet H. Johnson, editor (2001), The Demotic Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago‎^[2], volume Y (01.1), Chicago: The University of Chicago, page 12
• Mahlich, Elena. "The Appellation of the River Nile in Achaemenid Texts". Egyptian Loanwords in Languages of the Ancient Near East. Ménant (1897), 131-157.