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Egyptian
Etymology
From jmj (“(one) being in”) + ꜥ (“arm, part, region”). The exact intended meaning of the second part is unclear.
Pronunciation
Noun
m
- an official title with unclear exact meaning: assistant, regional officer, aide
Inflection
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jmj-ꜥ
References
- “jm.j-ꜥ (lemma ID 852177)” and “jm.j-ꜥ (lemma ID 872579)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae, Corpus issue 18, Web app version 2.1.5, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–26 July 2023
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 73.3
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 18
