ḏꜣḏꜣ

See also: dꜣdꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

Related to Arabic جُمْجُمَة (jumjuma, “skull”) and Biblical Hebrew גֻּלְגֹּלֶת (gulgṓleṯ, “skull”).

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈcʼaʀcʼaʀ/ → /ˈt͡ʃʼaʀt͡ʃʼaʀ/ → /ˈt͡ʃʼaːt͡ʃʼə/ → /ˈt͡ʃʼoːt͡ʃʼ/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑd͡ʒɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: djadja

Noun

m

head

Descendants

Demotic: ḏꜣḏꜣ, ḏḏ
- Akhmimic Coptic: ϫⲱ⸗ (čō⸗)
- Bohairic Coptic: ϫⲱϫ (čōč), ϫⲱ⸗ (čō⸗)
- Fayyumic Coptic: ϫⲱϫ (čōč), ϫⲱ⸗ (čō⸗)
- Lycopolitan Coptic: ϫⲱϫ (čōč), ϫⲱ⸗ (čō⸗)
- Old Coptic: ϫⲱ⸗ (čō⸗)
- Sahidic Coptic: ϫⲱϫ (čōč), ϫⲱ⸗ (čō⸗)

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, pages 756, 799
Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 334

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