jwnw

Egyptian

Etymology

Likely from the plural of jwn (“pillar, column”), thus literally meaning ‘Pillars’.

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈjaːnaw/ → /ˈjaːnaw/ → /ʔaːnə/ → /ʔoːn/

Proper noun
iwnnw
O49

  m./f. topo.

  1. Heliopolis

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jwnw  
inw
niwt
O28
jnw jwn
abbreviation

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Hebrew: אֹן (ʾōn), אָוֶן (ʾāwen)
  • Coptic: ⲱⲛ (ōn)

References
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 346.
  1. Edel, Elmar (1976) Ägyptische Ärzte und ägyptische Medizin am hethitischen Königshof: Neue Funde von Keilschriftbriefen Ramses’ II. aus Boğazköy, Rheinisch-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Geisteswissenschaften, Vorträge. G 205, →ISBN, page 19
  2. Neo-Assyrian toponyms, Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus, University of Pennsylvania
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