ẖꜣr

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /çɑr/
  • Conventional anglicization: khar

Noun

 m

1. sack of cloth or leather
2. a dry measure of volume equivalent to 10 ḥqꜣwt (about 48 litres) [Middle Kingdom].
3. a dry measure of volume equivalent to 4 jpwt or 16 ḥqꜣwt (about 76.8 litres) [from Second Intermediate period]

Inflection

Declension of ẖꜣr (masculine)

singular	ẖꜣr
dual	ẖꜣrwj
plural	ẖꜣrw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ẖꜣr  

ẖꜣr	ẖꜣr

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 106.
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN