yr-ꜥꜣ
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Demotic
Etymology
From Egyptian jtrw ꜥꜣ. By surface analysis, yr (“river, canal”) + ꜥꜣ (“great”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
- the Nile
Alternative forms
(yꜥr-ꜥꜣ)
Descendants
- Akhmimic Coptic: ⲓⲉⲣⲟ (iero)
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲓⲁⲣⲟ (iaro)
- Fayyumic Coptic: ⲓⲉⲣⲁ (iera)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲉⲓⲉⲣⲟ (eiero), ⲓⲉⲣⲟ (iero)
- → Old Persian: 𐎱𐎡𐎼𐎠𐎺 (Pirāva)
- → Achaemenid Elamite: (-ma)
- → Neo-Assyrian: 𒅀𒊒𒀪𒌑 (ia-ru-ʾu-u₂)[1]
References
- Erichsen, Wolja (1954) Demotisches Glossar, Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, page 50
- Janet H. Johnson, editor (2001), The Demotic Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, volume Y (01.1), Chicago: The University of Chicago, page 12
- Mahlich, Elena. "The Appellation of the River Nile in Achaemenid Texts". Egyptian Loanwords in Languages of the Ancient Near East. Ménant (1897), 131-157.