What is the Ancient Egyptian word for man?

Answer 1

In hieroglyphs: 𓂋𓍿𓀀 (Gardiner's code: D21-V13-A1)

Transliterated as: rmṯ (rmT) (consonants only)

Meaning and Translation:

(noun) human, human being, person

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

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

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

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

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

Akhmimic Coptic: ⲣⲱⲙⲉ (rōme), ⲣⲙ- (rm-)

Bohairic Coptic: ⲣⲱⲙⲓ (rōmi), ⲣⲉⲙ- (rem-)

Fayyumic Coptic: ⲗⲱⲙⲓ (lōmi), ⲗⲟⲙⲓ (lomi), ⲣⲱⲙⲓ (rōmi), ⲗⲉⲙ- (lem-), ⲗⲉ- (le-), ⲣⲉⲙ- (rem-)

Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲣⲱⲙⲉ (rōme), ⲣⲙ- (rm-)

Old Coptic: ⲣⲱⲙⲉ (rōme), ⲣⲟⲙ- (rom-)

Sahidic Coptic: ⲣⲱⲙⲉ (rōme), ⲣⲙ- (rm-), ⲣⲉⲙ- (rem-), ⲣⲱⲙ- (rōm-)

Answer 2

Oh, dude, the Ancient Egyptian word for man is "remu." It's like they were just calling guys "remu" left and right back in the day. So, if you ever time travel to ancient Egypt and someone calls you a "remu," you'll know they're talking about you, man.

Answer 3

The ancient Egyptian language has several words for "man", with different shades of meaning. Since all these words are only known from hieroglyphs, which did not include any vowels, we only have the consonant skeleton of each word:

• rmT means man or mankind, or men in general
• sr is a nobleman or magistrate
• mniw is a herdsman (the i represents a sound not found in English)
• Shps is a nobleman or wealthy man
• tp is a headman or chief
• rxyt is common folk, mankind
• rnp is a young man
• wsr is a wealthy or rich man
• T'y is a male (man as opposed to woman)
• s is a person, a man of rank
• Hwn is achild or young man

Answer 4

Oh honey, the Ancient Egyptian word for man is "rem." So if you ever find yourself time traveling back to the land of the pharaohs, just remember to refer to the dudes as "rems." You're welcome.

Answer 5

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