Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

medjed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: med-jed
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species of elephantfish formerly worshipped at Oxyrhynchus.

name

A minor god mentioned in the Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead.

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian mḏd (“Medjed”, literally “the true-striking”).

Inflected Forms

medjeds (plural)

Questions

What does medjed mean?: A species of elephantfish formerly worshipped at Oxyrhynchus.
Where does medjed come from?: Borrowed from Egyptian mḏd (“Medjed”, literally “the true-striking”).

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