ḫmnw

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Compare with Proto-Semitic *ṯamāniy-.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /χaˈmaːnaw/ → /χaˈmaːnaw/ → /χəˈmaːnə/ → /χəˈmoːn/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /χaˈmaːnaw/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /χaˈmaːnaw/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /χəˈmaːnə/; compare the Akkadian transcription in Middle Babylonian 𒄩𒈠𒀭 (ḫa-ma-an /⁠ḫamān⁠/)
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /χəˈmoːn/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛmɛnuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: khemenu

Numeral

Egyptian numbers ^(edit)

	80
←  7	𓐁 8	9  →
Cardinal: ḫmnw     Ordinal: ḫmnnw     Adverbial: ḫmnw zpw     Distributive: ḫmnw ḫmnw     Fractional: r ḫmnw

1. eight

Inflection

Declension of ḫmnw

	masculine	feminine
singular	ḫmnw	ḫmnt

Alternative forms

• 𒄩𒈠𒀭 (ḫa-ma-an /⁠ḫamān⁠/) (14^th BCE cuneiform)

Related terms

• ḫmnyw (“Ogdoad — the group of eight gods worshipped at Hermopolis”)

Etymology 2

From the numeral eight (ḫmnw), as Hermopolis was the cult centre of the eight gods of the Ogdoad.

Proper noun

  m./f. topo.

1. 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

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.