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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(uncountable) matters, happenings, affairs
(uncountable) state, condition
(uncountable) possessions
(uncountable) requirements (of food)
(uncountable) products (of a place)

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫrt

ḫrt

[Old Kingdom]

Derived terms

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