Etymology

medjed

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Today it means: A species of elephantfish formerly worshipped at Oxyrhynchus. Full definition →

Egyptian mḏd
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  1. Egyptian · borrowed frommḏd“Medjed”
  2. English todayMedjed

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.