ḫnsw

See also: HNSW

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈχansVw/ → /ˈχansVw/ → /ˈχansə/ → /χans/

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

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

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

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈχansə/; compare the cuneiform transcription 𒄩𒀭𒊭 (-ḫa-an-ša) in 𒌋𒍢𒄩𒀭𒊭 (u-ṣi-ḫa-an-ša)
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /χans/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛnsuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: khensu

Proper noun

 m

1. Khonsu

Derived terms

• pꜣ-n-ḫnsw

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Χεσπισίχις (Khespisíkhis)

(Possibly:)

• → Meroitic: 𐦭𐦯 (ḫs /⁠ḫansa⁠/)

Proper noun

 m

1. the month of Pachon

Coordinate terms

Egyptian calendar months (Middle Kingdom/Memphite)edit

• tḫj
• mnḫt
• ẖnt-ḥwt-ḥr
• nḥb-kꜣw
• šf-bdt
• rkḥ-ꜥꜣ
• rkḥ-nḏs
• rnn-wtt
• ḫnsw
• ḫnt-ẖty-prtj
• jpt-ḥmt
• wp-rnpt

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 109.