zjnw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈzijnVw/ → /ˈsijnVw/ → /ˈsejnə/ → /ˈsejn/

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

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

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

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

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

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zinuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: zinu

Noun

 m

1. physician

Inflection

Declension of zjnw (masculine)

singular	zjnw
dual	zjnwwj
plural	zjnww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zjnw  

zjnw

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲥⲉⲉⲓⲛⲉ (seeine)
• Bohairic Coptic: ⲥⲏⲓⲛⲓ (sēini)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲥⲏⲓⲛⲓ (sēini), ⲥⲏⲉⲛ (sēen), ⲥⲏⲓⲛ (sēin)
• Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲥⲉⲓⲛⲉ (seine)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲁⲉⲓⲛ (saein), ⲥⲁⲓⲛⲉ (saine)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 426, 427.7–427.15