jwn

Egyptian

Etymology

From Proto-Afro-Asiatic *lwn-; cognate with Arabic لَوْن‎ (lawn, “color, type”), Ugaritic 𐎀𐎐 (ản, “pigment”).

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /jaˈwin/ → /jaˈwin/ → /ʔaˈwen/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iuːn/
- Conventional anglicization: iun

Noun

m

color

Inflection

Declension of jwn (masculine)

singular	jwn
dual	jwnwj
plural	jwnw

References

Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926-1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 52.10–52.18

↑ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 31, 35

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