Egyptian
Etymology
From ḫꜣ (“a thousand (mḥw-tꜣ)”) + tꜣ (“land”) in a direct genitive construction.
Pronunciation
Noun
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- a decaroura, a measure of area equivalent to 10 sṯꜣwt (“arourae”) or 1000 mḥw-tꜣ (“cubits of land”) (about 2.76 hectares).
Inflection
Declension of ḫꜣ-tꜣ (masculine)
| singular
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ḫꜣ-tꜣ
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| dual
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ḫꜣwj-tꜣ
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| plural
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ḫꜣw-tꜣ
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫꜣ-tꜣ
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 105.
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN