zꜣw

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

V17wA1

 m

  1. magician [since the Middle Kingdom]
    • c. 1550 BCE, Ebers Papyrus, 99, 2-4:
      i
      r      		 n
      U19      		 nwWD37
      D37      		 WT11
      nw Z1      		 A1nbsxmx
      t      		 Z5wabmw
      A1nbV17wA1nba
      a      		 DbaDbaDbafHr
      Z1      		 tp
      Z1      		 Hr
      Z1      		 ma
      k      		 M16AtpHr
      Z1      		 d
      t Z2      		 Hr
      Z1      		 stt
      pr      		 ib
      Z1      		 Hr
      Z1
      a
      Z1      		 W
      y      		 Hr
      Z1      		 rdrdnbxAAAa
      f      		 nHAt
      t y      		 ib
      jr nw rḏjw zjnw nb sḫmt-wꜥb
      nb zꜣw nb ꜥwj ḏbꜥw.f ḥr tp ḥr mkḥꜣ ḥr ḏrwt ḥr st jb ḥr
      ꜥwj ḥr rdwj nb ḫꜣ.f n ḥꜣtj
      As for these [the blood vessels], if any doctor, any wab-priest of Sekhmet,
      or any magician places two hands or his fingers on the head, or on the back of the head, or on the hands, or on the place of the heart, or on
      the two arms, or on each of the two legs, he examines the heart [i.e. the pulse].
Inflection

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

A47AwA24

 3ae inf.

  1. (transitive) to guard, to protect
  2. (reflexive) to beware, to guard oneself against
  3. (transitive, in a noun clause, with a subjunctive verb as object) lest
Inflection

Etymology 3

Most likely derived from a form of the verb zꜣw (“to guard, to protect”), possibly via an earlier form *zꜣyw.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

z
zA		 Awniwt

 m

  1. Saïs, a city in Lower Egypt
Alternative forms
Descendants
  • → Akkadian: [script needed] (ālusa-a-a /*saya/)
  • → Ancient Greek: Σάϊς (Sáïs)
    • Greek: Σάις (Sáis)
    • Latin: Saïs
  • Demotic: sy

References

  • Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 156, 257
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926-1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 420
  • Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 182
  • Erichsen, Wolja (1954) Demotisches Glossar, Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, page 408
  • Janet H. Johnson, editor (2001) The Demotic Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago‎, volume S (13.1), Chicago: The University of Chicago, page 44
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