mnḫt

Egyptian

Etymology

From m- (noun-forming prefix) +‎ wnḫ (“to clothe”) +‎ -t (feminine suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• (noun and proper noun): (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /mawˈnaːχit/ → /mawˈnaːχiʔ/ → /məˈnaːχa/ → /məˈnoːχə/

• (noun and proper noun): (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /mawˈnaːχit/
• (noun and proper noun): (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /mawˈnaːχiʔ/
• (noun and proper noun): (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /məˈnaːχa/
• (noun and proper noun): (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /məˈnoːχə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛnxɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: menkhet

Noun

 f

1. clothing, garment

Inflection

Declension of mnḫt (feminine)

singular	mnḫt
dual	mnḫtj
plural	mnḫwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mnḫt  

mnḫt

Proper noun

 f

1. the month of Phaophi

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, pages 108, 365.