swnw

Egyptian

Etymology

Possibly related to swn (“to trade, to buy”), swnt (“trade, price”).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /suːnuː/
- Conventional anglicization: sunu

Proper noun

m./f. topo.

the city of Aswan [since the New Kingdom]

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: Συήνη (Suḗnē)
- → Latin: Syēnē
→ Hebrew: סונה
Coptic: ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ (souan)
- → Egyptian Arabic: أسوان (Aswān)
  - → English: Aswan
  - → French: Assouan
    - → Greek: Ασσουάν (Assouán)
    - → English: Assuan, Assouan
    - → Italian: Assuan
  - → Hebrew: אַסְוָאן (Asvan)

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

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