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Egyptian
Etymology
wꜣḏ (“to be green”) + -w.
Pronunciation
Noun
m
- (uncountable) a green mineral pigment primarily used as eyepaint
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wꜣḏw
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 267.9–267.15
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 55
