zšn

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /zaˈʃaːʃan/ → /ˈsaːʃan/ → /ˈsaːʃən/ → /ˈsoːʃən/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /zaˈʃaːʃan/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsaːʃan/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsaːʃən/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsoːʃən/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɛʃɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: zeshen

Noun

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1. lotus flower

Inflection

Declension of zšn (masculine)

singular	zšn
dual	zšnwj
plural	zšnw

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: σοῦσον (soûson)
  • → Middle Persian: swsn' (sōsan)
    • → Arabic: سُوسَن (sūsan)
      • Andalusian Arabic: السوسنة (as-sūsána)
        • → Spanish: azucena
    • Persian: سوسن (sôsan)
• Demotic: sšn
  • Coptic: ϣⲱϣⲉⲛ (šōšen)
• → Hebrew: שושנה (shoshaná)
  • → English: Shoshana
  • → French: Chochana
  • → Ancient Greek: Σουσάννα (Sousánna) (see there for further descendants)

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 277.