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Translingual
Symbol
mnw
( international standards ) ISO 639-3 language code for Mon .
See also
Egyptian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
m pl
( plural only ) trees [since the Middle Kingdom] ( plural only ) orchard , plantation [since the Middle Kingdom] ( plural only ) plants in general [Greco-Roman Period]
Usage notes
From the Late Period on, this plural was sometimes treated as a singular.
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mnw
Etymology 2
Uncertain, possibly a loanword from Semitic Hebrew מָן ( mān ) . Alternatively, possibly connected to mnw ( “ trees, orchard, plantation ” ) .
Noun
m
a white aromatic plant smelling of ꜥntjw myrrh ? ) [Greco-Roman Period]
Etymology 3
Noun
m
monument
Inflection
Declension of mnw (masculine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mnw
Descendants
Akhmimic Coptic: ⲙⲉⲉⲓⲛⲉ ( meeine )
Bohairic Coptic: ⲙⲏⲓⲛⲓ ( mēini )
Fayyumic Coptic: ⲙⲏⲉⲓⲛ ( mēein )
Sahidic Coptic: ⲙⲁⲉⲓⲛ ( maein )
Etymology 4
Proper noun
m
the god Min
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mnw
mnw mnw mnw mnwtj
[Old Kingdom]
[New Kingdom]
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Ancient Greek: Μηνᾶς ( Mēnâs ) → Coptic: ⲙⲏⲛⲁ ( mēna ) → Greek: Μηνάς ( Minás ) → Old Armenian: Մինաս ( Minas ) → Romanian: Mina → Russian: Мина ( Mina ) → English: Min By a misreading:
See also
References
Takács, Gábor (2007 ) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian , volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN 284–285 , →ISBN Erman, Adolf , Grapow, Hermann (1928 ) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache [1] →ISBN pages 71.13–71.17, 72.11 Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962 ) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian , Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN page 108 James P[eter] Allen (2010 ) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs , 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN pages 171, 257 
