ḥnqt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Noun


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  1. beer
    • The Stela of Sa-Setet/Sa-Satis (Louvre Museum 271):





      ḫꜣ m t ḥnqt kꜣw ꜣpdw n kꜣ n jmj-r []
      Thousand of bread and beer, cattle and fowl for the ka of the overseer []

Usage notes

Sometimes transliterated as ḥqt; the n hieroglyph, which is attested in alternative forms, Demotic, and Coptic, was probably left out for aesthetic purposes.

Inflection

Alternative forms

Synonyms
Descendants
  • Demotic: ḥnq, ḥnqe, ḥnqy, ḥq
    • Coptic: ϩⲛⲕⲉ (hnke) (Sahidic), ϩⲉⲙⲕⲓ (hemki) (Bohairic)

References

  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
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