jꜥn

Etymology

From an earlier form ꜥnr.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iɑːn/
  • Conventional anglicization: ian

Noun

 m

1. (male) baboon

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜥn  

ꜥnr	jꜥnꜥ	ꜥꜥnꜥ	ꜥnꜥ	ꜣꜥn	ꜣꜥꜥnj	ꜣꜥꜥnj	ꜥꜥn
[Old Kingdom]	[Middle Kingdom]	[Middle Egyptian]	[Middle Egyptian]	[New Kingdom]	[New Kingdom]	[Late Egyptian]	[Greco-Roman Period]
				in papyri	in papyri

The determinative of the baboon is sometimes replaced with one depicting only its head.

Proper noun

 m

1. an epithet of the god Thoth
2. a constellation

Alternative forms

See under the noun above. In the sense of ‘Thoth’ the word additionally appears with determinatives indicating godhood:

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜥn  

ꜣꜥꜥnw	ꜣꜥꜥnj	ꜥꜥnꜣ
[Late Egyptian]	[Late Egyptian]	[Late Egyptian]

References

• Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 11
• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926-1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 3, 41.5–41.8, 192.15
• Lesko, Leonard; Lesko, Barbara (2002) A Dictionary of Late Egyptian, volume 1, second edition, Providence: B.C. Scribe Publications, →ISBN, page 2, 62
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 66
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 42