wꜣḏw

Egyptian

Etymology

wꜣḏ (“to be green”) +‎ -w.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɑd͡ʒuː/
- Conventional anglicization: wadju

Noun

m

(uncountable) a green mineral pigment primarily used as eyepaint

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wꜣḏw

wAD

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wꜣḏw

wꜣḏw

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 267.9–267.15
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 55

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