ꜥšꜣ-r

Egyptian

Etymology

ꜥšꜣ (“to be(come) numerous”) +‎ r(ꜣ) (“mouth, utterance”), literally ‘to be(come) numerous of mouths/utterances’.

Pronunciation

(reconstructed Old Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ʕiˌʃiʀˈɾaʀ/
(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑːʃɑ ɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: asha-er

Verb

compound

to be(come) talkative, to chatter

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 228.17
Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 391.24
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 49

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