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