How do you say ancient in Egyptian?

Answer 1

the older form was WY and the later form was YNK. [Note: the vowels are unknown in Ancient Egyptian. Scholars usually insert their own vowels to make it easier to study. So the old form would be pronounced WEE and the later form would be pronounced EENEK.]

Answer 2

In hieroglyphs: 𓂋𓈖𓀁 (Gardiner's code: D21-N35-A2)

Transliterated as: rn (consonants only)

Meaning and Translation:

1. name

2. (by extension) identity

3. (by extension) reputation

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

/ɾin/ - Old Egyptian (c. 2500 B.C.E.)

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

/ɾen/ - Late Egyptian (c. 800 B.C.E.)

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

ⲣⲁⲛ (ran) (Sahidic, Bohairic), ⲗⲉⲛ (len) (Fayyumic)

Answer 3

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