ẖrj-nṯr
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Egyptian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /çuˈɾij ˈnaːcaɾ/ → /çuˈɾij ˈnaːtaʔ/ → /çəˈɾej ˈnaːta/ → /çəˈɾej ˈnoːtə/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /çɛri nɛt͡ʃɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: kheri-netjer
Noun[edit]
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- necropolis, cemetery
- the afterworld, the Duat
Alternative forms[edit]
References[edit]
- 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.