mzḥ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛzɛħ/
- Conventional anglicization: mezeh

Noun

m

crocodile

Inflection

Declension of mzḥ (masculine)

singular	mzḥ
dual	mzḥwj
plural	mzḥw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mzḥ

F27

msḥ

msḥ

Synonyms

dpy

Descendants

Demotic: msḥ
- Coptic: ⲙⲥⲁϩ (msah) (Sahidic, Bohairic), ⲉⲙⲥⲁϩ (emsah) (Bohairic)
  - → Arabic: تمساح‎ (timsāḥ)
    - → Pashto: مسه‎ (msa)
    - → Persian: تمساح‎ (temsâh)
    - → Turkish: timsah

References

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN

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