ẖrj-nṯr

Egyptian

Etymology

ẖrj (“lying under, being the place of”) +‎ nṯr (“god”), thus literally ‘that which is under the god’ or ’place where the god is’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /çuˈɾij ˈnaːcaɾ/ → /çuˈɾij ˈnaːtaʔ/ → /çəˈɾej ˈnaːta/ → /çəˈɾej ˈnoːtə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /çuˈɾij ˈnaːcaɾ/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /çuˈɾij ˈnaːtaʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /çəˈɾej ˈnaːta/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /çəˈɾej ˈnoːtə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /çɛri nɛt͡ʃɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: kheri-netjer

Noun

 m

1. necropolis, cemetery
2. the afterworld, the Duat

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ẖrj-nṯr  

ẖr-nṯr	ẖr-nṯr

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 92, 293, 366, 377.