What is the ancient Egyptian word for Rock?

Answer 1

In hieroglyphs: 𓇾𓈇𓏤 (Gardiner's code: N16-N23-Z1)

Transliterated as: tꜣ (tA) (consonants only)

Meaning and Translation:

1. land, realm, country

2. (by extension) the collective people of a land or country

3. ground

4. dry land, ground not covered by water

Pronunciation with reconstructed vowels in several stages of Ancient Egyptian (using IPA):

/tal/ - Old Egyptian (c. 2500 B.C.E.)

/tal/ - Middle Egyptian (c. 1700 B.C.E.)

/taʔ/ - Late Egyptian (c. 800 B.C.E.)

Coptic and its dialects (from 325 B.C.E. to now):

Sahidic Coptic: ⲧⲟ (to)

Bohairic Coptic: ⲑⲟ (tho)

Answer 2

In hieroglyphs: 𓇾𓈇𓏤 (Gardiner's code: N16-N23-Z1)

Transliterated as: tꜣ (tA) (consonants only)

Meaning and Translation:

1. land, realm, country

2. (by extension) the collective people of a land or country

3. ground

4. dry land, ground not covered by water

Pronunciation with reconstructed vowels in several stages of Ancient Egyptian (using IPA):

/tal/ - Old Egyptian (c. 2500 B.C.E.)

/tal/ - Middle Egyptian (c. 1700 B.C.E.)

/taʔ/ - Late Egyptian (c. 800 B.C.E.)

Coptic and its dialects (from 325 B.C.E. to now):

Sahidic Coptic: ⲧⲟ (to)

Bohairic Coptic: ⲑⲟ (tho)

Answer 3

In hieroglyphs: 𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖 (Gardiner's code: I6-G17-X1-O49)

Transliterated as: kmt (consonants only)

Meaning and Translation:

Egypt, the Nile Valley

Pronunciation with reconstructed vowels in several stages of Ancient Egyptian (using IPA):

/ˈkuːmat/ - Old Egyptian (c. 2500 B.C.E.)

/ˈkuːmaʔ/ - Middle Egyptian (c. 1700 B.C.E.)

/ˈkeːmə/ - Late Egyptian (c. 800 B.C.E.)

Coptic and its dialects (from 325 B.C.E. to now):

Bohairic Coptic: ⲭⲏⲙⲓ (khēmi)

Sahidic Coptic: ⲕⲏⲙⲉ (kēme)

Answer 4

In hieroglyphs: 𓇋𓈖𓂋𓊌 (Gardiner's code: M17-N35-D21-O39)

Transliterated as: jnr (inr) (consonants only)

Meaning and Translation:

(noun) stone, rock, slab, block

Pronunciation with reconstructed vowels in several stages of Ancient Egyptian (using IPA):

/ˈjaːnaɾ/ - Old Egyptian (c. 2500 B.C.E.)

/ˈjaːnaʔ/ - Middle Egyptian (c. 1700 B.C.E.)

/ˈʔoːnə/ - Late Egyptian (c. 800 B.C.E.)

Coptic and its dialects (from 325 B.C.E. to now):

ⲱⲛⲉ (ōne) (Sahidic, Fayyumic, Akhmimic)

ⲱⲛⲓ (ōni) (Bohairic, Fayyumic)

Answer 5

Technically there isn't an Egyptian word for Egypt as they speak Arabic there but the Arabic word for Egypt is pronounced "Misr" (Standard Arabic) or "Masr" (Egyptian Arabic).

Answer 6

The ancient Egyptian word for a rock or stone is written in hieroglyphs as inr, where the i represents a consonant sound not found in English. We have no way of knowing what vowels were included since they were not written. The same word also means a slab or block.

Answer 7

Ta