zšn

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /zaˈʃaːʃan/ → /ˈsaːʃan/ → /ˈsoːʃən/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɛʃɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: zeshen

Noun

m

lotus flower

Inflection

Declension of zšn (masculine)

singular	zšn
dual	zšnwj
plural	zšnw

Descendants

Demotic: sšn
- Coptic: ϣⲱϣⲉⲛ (šōšen)

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 277.

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