ṯḥnt

Egyptian

Etymology

ṯḥn (“to gleam”) +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛhnɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: tjehnet

Noun

 f m

1. (blue/green) faience [since the Old Kingdom]
2. colorful glass [since the Old Kingdom]
3. a kind of precious stone from Nubia [Greco-Roman Period]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ṯḥnt  

ṯḥnt	tjḥnt	ṯḥnt	ṯḥnt	tjḥnt

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 390.11–391.15
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 306