ḫrt

See also: hrt, HRT, Hrt, ḥrt, and ẖrt

Egyptian

Etymology

Nominalized from the feminine form of ḫrj (“present, being in the presence of”), itself a nisba adjective from ḫr (“in the presence of”); thus literally ‘what is in the presence (of)’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛrɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: kheret

Noun

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1. (uncountable) matters, happenings, affairs
2. (uncountable) state, condition
3. (uncountable) possessions
4. (uncountable) requirements (of food)
5. (uncountable) products (of a place)

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫrt  

ḫrt

[Old Kingdom]

Derived terms

• ḫrt-jb
• ḫrt-ẖt

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 318.10–319.8
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 195