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Egyptian
Etymology 1
jrj (“to do, to make”) + -w.
Pronunciation
Noun
m
- rite, ritual, ceremony
c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE,
Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 1:
- j.nḏ ḥr.k wsjr nb nḥḥ nswt nṯr(w) ꜥšꜣ rnw ḏsr ḫprw štꜣ jrw m rw-prw
- Hail to you, Osiris, lord of eternity, king of gods, numerous of names, sacred of developments, secret of rites in temples!
- product, creation
- form
Inflection
Declension of jrw (masculine)
Etymology 2
jrj (“to do, to make”) + -w (agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
m
- (in titles) maker, creator
- ― jrw tmw ― creator of mankind
Inflection
Declension of jrw (masculine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jrw
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 113.1–113.2, 113.8–114.3
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 36.
