jnr ḥḏ mnḫ n rwḏt
Egyptian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]jnr (“stone”) + ḥḏ (“white”) + mnḫ (“effective, worthwhile”) + n(j) (“of”) + rwḏt (“hard stone”), thus literally ‘worthwhile white stone of hard rock’.
Pronunciation
[edit](reconstructed Old Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈjaːnaɾ ˈħuːcʼaw ˈmaːniχ nij ˈɾawcʼit/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /inɛr hɛd͡ʒ mɛnɛx ɛn ruːd͡ʒɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: iner hedj menekh en rudjet
Noun
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- (rare) sandstone
- Synonyms: jnr ḥḏ nfr n rwḏt, rwḏt
References
[edit]- Harrell, James A. (2012) “Building Stones” in the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology, version 1(1), page 2.