ḥnzkt

Egyptian

Etymology

From ḥnzk (“to bind, to tie up”) +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛnzɛkɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: henzeket

Noun

 f

1. braided lock (of hair) [since the Pyramid Texts]

Inflection

Declension of ḥnzkt (feminine)

singular	ḥnzkt
dual	ḥnzktj
plural	ḥnzkwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥnzkt  

ḥnkt	ḥnkstj	ḥnz
[since the Middle Kingdom]	[Greco-Roman Period]	[c.1323 B.C.]

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 116.4–116.8