ẖnmw

See also: ḫnmw

Egyptian

Etymology

Possibly from a form such as Proto-Afroasiatic *xanam; compare Arabic غَنَم (ḡanam, “sheep and goats”).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /çVˈnaːmVw/ → /çVˈnaːmVw/ → /çəˈnaːmə/ → /çəˈnoːm/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /çVˈnaːmVw/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /çVˈnaːmVw/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /çəˈnaːmə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /çəˈnoːm/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /çɛnmuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: khenmu

Proper noun

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1. the god Khnum

Derived terms

• ẖnmw-ḥtp
• ẖnmw-ḫw.f-wj

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ⲫⲛⲟⲩⲙ (phnoum)

See also

𓁠

References

• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 147
• Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 244