zꜣ
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ziːʀ/ → /siːʀ/ → /siːʔ/ → /siːʔ/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /zɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: za
Noun
m
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zꜣ
[since the Pyramid texts] | [since the Old Kingdom] | [since the Old Kingdom] | [since the Middle Kingdom] | [since the 18th dynasty] | [since the 18th dynasty] | [since the New Kingdom] |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Old Coptic: ⲥⲓ (si), ⲥⲓ- (si-)
- → Akkadian: 𒋛𒉿 (/-sija-/) in 𒄯 𒋛𒉿 𒂊𒋗 (/har-sija-ēšu/, “Horus, son of Isis”)
- → Ancient Greek: -σι- (-si-) in Ἁρσιησις (Harsiēsis, “Horus, son of Isis”)
- → Ancient Greek: Σι- (Si-) in Σισρω (Sisrō, “the thirtieth decan”), Σισεσμε (Sisesme, “the twenty-fourth decan”), Σικετ (Siket, “the second decan”)
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zꜣ
[since the Middle Kingdom] | [since the Middle Kingdom] | [Middle Kingdom] | [since the New Kingdom] | [since the New Kingdom] |
Derived terms
Noun
m
Alternative forms
Proper noun
m
- a god who personifies a certain body of water [Late Period]
Verb
- perfective of zꜣj
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zꜣ
[Pyramid Texts] | [Pyramid Texts] |
Noun
m
- the object depicted in the hieroglyph
, a type of shepherd’s mat
Alternative forms
Alternative forms:
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zꜣ
[Old Kingdom] |
Noun
m
- guard
- troop of soldiers
- association of people in some particular occupation
- group, division; rendered as φυλή (phulḗ) in Greek
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zꜣ
[Old Kingdom] | [Old Kingdom] | [since the Middle Kingdom] | [Middle Kingdom] | [Middle Kingdom] |
Noun
m
- Used in reference to cattle. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
- A herd
- A barrier
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zꜣ
Noun
m
- a title of some kind [18th dynasty]
Alternative forms
Alternative forms:
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zꜣ
Noun
|
m
- a type of field
Noun
m
- The object depicted in the hieroglyph
. The meaning of this term is uncertain.
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zꜣ
[Late Period] |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zꜣ
jzꜣ |
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
- Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 13, 56
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