n jb n
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Egyptian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]n (“for”) + jb (“heart, mind”) + n(j) (“of”).
Pronunciation
[edit](reconstructed Old Egyptian) IPA(key): /niˈjibnij/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɛn ib ɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: en ib en
Preposition
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- for the sake of (someone)
- so that, in order to (do something)
References
[edit]- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 60.4–60.6
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 15