ḥwt-nṯr
Egyptian
editEtymology
editFrom ḥwt (“enclosure”) + nṯr (“god”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘house of god’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.
Pronunciation
edit- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ħawitˈnaːcaɾ/ → /ħajiʔˈnaːtaʔ/ → /ħəjəˈnaːta/ → /ħəjəˈnoːtə/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /huːt nɛt͡ʃɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: hut-netjer
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editDescendants
editThe following descendant has been proposed, but Vycichl disputes it on phonetic grounds (compare the regular development of Sahidic Coptic ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ (noute) from nṯr):
- >? Sahidic Coptic: ϩⲉⲛⲉⲉⲧⲉ (heneete)
References
edit- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN