jwn-wr
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Egyptian
Etymology
From jwn (“air, wind, seen as holding up the sky”) + wr (“great”), thus ‘the Great Air’, ‘the Great Supporter (of the sky)’.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /iuːn wɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: iun-wer
Proper noun
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Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jwn-wr
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References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 53.9