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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Noun
m
- a type of plant, possibly a reed
Inflection
Declension of jꜣꜣ (masculine)
Proper noun
m./f. topo.
- a land in Syria/Palestine
Noun
m
- Alternative form of ꜣꜣ (“mound of ruins”)
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 150.
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 242
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 27.9
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 8
