yrdwnꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardēn, “Jordan”).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iːrduːnɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: yrduna

Proper noun

m

Jordan (a river in Western Asia, in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)

References

Aḥituv, Shmuel (1984) “Jordan”, in Canaanite Toponyms in Ancient Egyptian Documents, Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, The Hebrew University, →ISBN, page 123
Fischer-Elfert, Hans-Werner (1983) Die satirische Streitschrift des Papyrus Anastasi I, page 137.3

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