rn

English Online Dictionary. What means rn‎? What does rn mean?

Translingual

Symbol

rn

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Kirundi.

English

Adverb

rn (not comparable)

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of right now.

   Alternative form: RN

Anagrams

• NR, nr

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Of non-Afro-Asiatic origin. Cognate with Proto-Nilotic *ka-ʀin (“name”) (with prefixal *ka-), Moro irəŋ, and Proto-Mumuye *ríǹg (“name”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /rɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: ren

Noun

 m

1. name
   • 6th Dynasty, Giza, Western Cemetery, Shaft G 2188 Y, Block of sunk relief inscription mentioning the dog Abutiu (35-10-22/Cairo JE 67573), lines 1–2:

   • Early Middle Kingdom, Stela of Inher-hotep, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, ÄS 90:
2. (by extension) identity
3. (by extension) reputation

Inflection

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Descendants

• Demotic: rn
  • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲣⲉⲛ (ren), ⲣⲛⲧ⸗ (rnt⸗)
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲣⲁⲛ (ran), ⲣⲉⲛ- (ren-), ⲣⲉⲛ⸗ (ren⸗)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ⲗⲉⲛ (len), ⲣⲉⲛ (ren)
  • Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲣⲉⲛ (ren)
  • Old Coptic: ⲣⲉⲛ (ren), ⲣⲁⲛ (ran), ⲣⲓⲛ⸗ (rin⸗), ⲣⲉⲛ⸗ (ren⸗)
  • Coptic Dialect P: ⲣⲓⲛ (rin)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲣⲁⲛ (ran), ⲣⲓⲛ (rin), ⲣⲉⲛ- (ren-), ⲣⲛⲧ⸗ (rnt⸗), ⲣⲉⲛⲧ⸗ (rent⸗), ⲣⲓⲛⲧ⸗ (rint⸗), ⲣⲁⲛⲧ⸗ (rant⸗), ⲣⲓⲛ⸗ (rin⸗)
• → English: ren

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /rɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: ren

Noun

 m

1. young animal
   • Early 6th Dynasty, Tomb of Nyankhnesut, Relief of Men Bringing Desert Animals (Cleveland 1930.734), caption above oryx:

Inflection

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 67, 73, 169, 186–187, 200–201.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 140