ṯnṯꜣt

Egyptian

Etymology

Probably derived from ṯnj (“to elevate, to be distinguished”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛnt͡ʃɑt/
  • Conventional anglicization: tjentjat

Noun

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1. throne dais of a king or god, especially the dais of Horus [since the Middle Kingdom]
2. sedan chair
3. a litter for carrying a sacred animal [Greco-Roman Period]
4. throne hall, especially in the context of the Sed festival

Inflection

Declension of ṯnṯꜣt (feminine)

singular	ṯnṯꜣt
dual	ṯnṯꜣtj
plural	ṯnṯꜣwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ṯnṯꜣt  

ṯntt

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 237.
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 384.14–385.9