ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ

Coptic

Typical depiction of Amun during the New Kingdom, with two plumes on his head, the ankh symbol and the was sceptre.

Etymology

From Egyptian jmn.

C12

;

Aa5

Y1V

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈmuːn/

Proper noun

Ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ • (Amoun) m

(Bohairic) Amun, the hidden king of the Egyptian gods
(Bohairic) Thebes, Egypt. Derived from Amun's role as the patron god of Thebes.
a male given name from Egyptian

Derived terms

ⲑⲃⲁⲕⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ (thbaki nte piamoun) (The city of Amun)
ⲫⲁⲡⲓⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ (phapiamoun)

Related terms

ⲑⲉⲃⲁⲓⲥ (thebais)(Thebes)

References

Vocabularium coptico-Latinum, Gustav Parthey, 1844
Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN

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