zẖꜣw-n-ṯmꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

From zẖꜣw (“scribe”) +‎ n(j) (“of”) +‎ ṯmꜣ (“cadaster”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɛçɑuː ɛn t͡ʃɛmɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: zekhau-en-tjema

Noun

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1. an official in charge of cadastral registers showing the ownership and yield of agricultural land

Inflection

Declension of zẖꜣw-n-ṯmꜣ (masculine)

singular	zẖꜣw-n-ṯmꜣ
dual	zẖꜣwwj-nwj-ṯmꜣ
plural	zẖꜣww-nw-ṯmꜣ

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 268.