jrw

Egyptian

Etymology 1

jrj (“to do, to make”) +‎ -w.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iruː/
  • Conventional anglicization: iru

Noun

 m

1. rite, ritual, ceremony
   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 1:

     j.nḏ ḥr.k wsjr nb nḥḥ nswt nṯr(w) ꜥšꜣ rnw ḏsr ḫprw štꜣ jrw m rw-prw

     Hail to you, Osiris, lord of eternity, king of gods, numerous of names, sacred of developments, secret of rites in temples!

2. product, creation
3. form

Inflection

Declension of jrw (masculine)

singular	jrw
dual	jrwwj
plural	jrww

Etymology 2

jrj (“to do, to make”) +‎ -w (agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iruː/
  • Conventional anglicization: iru

Noun

 m

1. (in titles) maker, creator

   ― jrw tmw ― creator of mankind

Inflection

Declension of jrw (masculine)

singular	jrw
dual	jrwwj
plural	jrww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jrw  

jr

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 113.1–113.2, 113.8–114.3
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 36.