ḫmnw
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Egyptian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Compare with Proto-Semitic *ṯamāniy-.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /χaˈmaːnaw/ → /χaˈmaːnaw/ → /χəˈmaːnə/ → /χəˈmoːn/[1]
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /xɛmɛnuː/
- Conventional anglicization: khemenu
Numeral[edit]
80 | ||
← 7 | 𓐁 8 |
9 → |
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Cardinal: ḫmnw Ordinal: ḫmnnw Adverbial: ḫmnw zpw Distributive: ḫmnw ḫmnw Fractional: r ḫmnw |
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Inflection[edit]
Declension of ḫmnw
masculine | feminine | |
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singular | ḫmnw |
ḫmnt |
Alternative forms[edit]
- 𒄩𒈠𒀭 (ḫa-ma-an /ḫamān/) (14th BCE cuneiform)
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From the numeral eight (ḫmnw), as Hermopolis was the cult centre of the eight gods of the Ogdoad.
Proper noun[edit]
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m./f. topo.
- the city of Hermopolis
Descendants[edit]
- Akhmimic Coptic: ⳉⲙⲟⲩⲛ (xmoun)
- Bohairic Coptic: ϣⲙⲏⲛ (šmēn)
- Fayyumic Coptic: ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ (šmoun)
- Lycopolitan Coptic: ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ (šmoun)
- Sahidic Coptic: ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ (šmoun)
- → Arabic: الأشمونين
References[edit]
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 102.