r ḏbꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

r (“regarding”) +‎ ḏbꜣ (“to replace”).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɛr d͡ʒɛbɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: er djeba

Preposition

in exchange (for)
instead (of)

References

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN

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