jmj-r-šnt

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Egyptian

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Etymology

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jmj-r (overseer) +‎ šnt (dispute) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘overseer of dispute’.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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  1. sheriff

Inflection

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References

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  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 299.