yrdwnꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardēn, “Jordan”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iːrduːnɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: yrduna

Proper noun

 m

1. Jordan (a river in Western Asia, in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)

References

• Aḥituv, Shmuel (1984) “Jordan”, in Canaanite Toponyms in Ancient Egyptian Documents, Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, The Hebrew University, →ISBN, page 123
• Fischer-Elfert, Hans-Werner (1983) Die satirische Streitschrift des Papyrus Anastasi I, page 137.3