zꜣ

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: za

 m

1. son [since the Pyramid texts]
   • The Stela of Inhuretnakht, British Museum, Egyptian Antiquities 1783:

     jrt.n n.f zꜣ.f smsw.f mr(j).f dbj

     What his eldest beloved son Debi made for him.

2. (rare) male offspring of an animal [18th dynasty]
3. the succeeding decan after some decan

• Old Coptic: ⲥⲓ (si), ⲥⲓ- (si-)
• → Akkadian: 𒋛𒉿 (/⁠-sija-⁠/) in 𒄯 𒋛𒉿 𒂊𒋗 (/⁠har-sija-ēšu⁠/, “Horus, son of Isis”)
• → Ancient Greek: -σι- (-si-) in Ἁρσιησις (Harsiēsis, “Horus, son of Isis”)
• → Ancient Greek: Σι- (Si-) in Σισρω (Sisrō, “the thirtieth decan”), Σισεσμε (Sisesme, “the twenty-fourth decan”), Σικετ (Siket, “the second decan”)

 m

1. protection [since the Pyramid Texts]
2. a magic spell
3. an amulet

• nmtj-m-zꜣ.f
• zꜣ-tꜣ

 m

1. a measure of area equivalent to one eighth of a sṯꜣt (“arura”) (about 345 square metres).
2. (Late Period, in the direct genitive construction (sṯꜣt-ꜣḥt)) Abbreviation of sṯꜣt (“arura”).

 m

1. (medicine) a product of an inflammation

 m

1. (medicine) a type of ulcer

 m

1. a god who personifies a certain body of water [Late Period]

1. (transitive) to fend off [Pyramid Texts]

1. perfective of zꜣj

 m

1. the object depicted in the hieroglyph , a type of shepherd’s mat

Alternative forms:

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zꜣ  

[Old Kingdom]

 m

1. guard
2. troop of soldiers
3. association of people in some particular occupation
4. group, division; rendered as φυλή (phulḗ) in Greek

 m

1. Used in reference to cattle. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   1. A herd
   2. A barrier

 m

1. a title of some kind [18th dynasty]

Alternative forms:

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zꜣ  

 m

1. a type of field

 m

1. The object depicted in the hieroglyph . The meaning of this term is uncertain.

1. perfective of zꜣw (“to greet, watch for”)

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