mzḥ

Egyptian

Etymology

Unknown.[1]

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /mVˈzaħ/ → /mVˈsaħ/ → /məˈsaħ/ → /məˈsaħ/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛzɛh/
- 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
kꜣpw

Descendants

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

References

Takács, Gábor (1999–2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, →ISBN

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 212, 235.
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN

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