jnpw

Egyptian

FWOTD – 31 May 2015

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /jaˈnaːpaw/ → /jaˈnaːpaw/ → /ʔaˈnaːpə/ → /ʔaˈnoːp/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /jaˈnaːpaw/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /jaˈnaːpaw/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈnaːpə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈnoːp/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /inɛpuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: inepu

Noun

 m

1. prince, princess, child of a Pharaoh

Inflection

Declension of jnpw (masculine)

singular	jnpw
dual	jnpwwj
plural	jnpww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jnpw  

jnpw	jnpw	jnp

Proper noun

 m

1. Anubis, god of the cemetery, worshipped at Abydos

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jnpw  

jnp	jnpw	jnpw

Derived terms

• jnpwt
• ḫw.n-jnpw
• sḫm-n-jnpw

Descendants

• Demotic: jnpw
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲡ (anoup)
  • Old Coptic: ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲡ (anoup)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲡ (anoup)
  • → Ancient Greek: Ἄνουβις (Ánoubis), Ἀννῦφις (Annûphis)
    • → Latin: Anūbis
      • → Arabic: أنوبيس
      • → English: Anubis
      • → French: Anubis
      • → German: Anubis
      • → Italian: Anubi
      • → Japanese: アヌビス
      • → Portuguese: Anúbis
      • → Russian: Анубис (Anubis)
      • → Spanish: Anubis

See also

• 𓁢

References

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →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 144, 204, 366.