jwnw

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Egyptian

Etymology

Likely from the plural of jwn (pillar, column), thus literally meaning ‘Pillars’.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

iwnnw
O49

  m./f. topo.

  1. Heliopolis

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Descendants

  • Hebrew: אֹן (ʾōn), אָוֶן (ʾāwen)
  • Coptic: ⲱⲛ (ōn)

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 346.
  1. ^ Edel, Elmar (1976) Ägyptische Ärzte und ägyptische Medizin am hethitischen Königshof: Neue Funde von Keilschriftbriefen Ramses’ II. aus Boğazköy, Rheinisch-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Geisteswissenschaften, Vorträge. G 205, →ISBN, page 19
  2. ^ Neo-Assyrian toponyms, Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus, University of Pennsylvania