zẖꜣw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈzaçʀaw/ → /ˈsaçʀaw/ → /ˈsaçjə/ → /saçi/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈzaçʀaw/ (singular), IPA^(key): /zaçˈʀaːwaw/ (plural)
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsaçʀaw/ (singular), IPA^(key): /saçˈʀaːwaw/ (plural)
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsaçjə/ (singular), IPA^(key): /səçˈaːjə/ (plural)
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsaçi/ (singular), IPA^(key): /səˈçoːj/ (plural)

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɛçɑuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: zekhau

Noun

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1. scribe

Inflection

Declension of zẖꜣw (masculine a-stem)

singular	zẖꜣw
dual	zẖꜣwwj
plural	zẖꜣww

Derived terms

• zẖꜣw-n-ṯmꜣ

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲥⲁⳉ (sax)
• Bohairic Coptic: ⲥⲁϧ (sax)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲥⲉϩ (seh)
• Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲥⲁϩ (sah)
• Old Coptic: ⲥⲁϩ (sah)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲁϩ (sah)

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 48, 63.