ḫnsw

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

See also

• (Middle Kingdom (Memphite) Egyptian calendar months) tḫj, mnḫt, ẖnt-ḥwt-ḥr, nḥb-kꜣw, šf-bdt, rkḥ-ꜥꜣ, rkḥ-nḏs, rnn-wtt, ḫnsw, ḫnt-ẖty-prtj, jpt-ḥmt, wp-rnpt

• (New Kingdom (Theban) Egyptian calendar months) ḏḥwtj, pꜣ-n-jpt, ḥwt-ḥr, kꜣ-ḥr-kꜣ, tꜣ-ꜥꜣbt, pꜣ-n-pꜣ-mḫrw, pꜣ-n-jmn-ḥtp, pꜣ-n-rnn-wtt, pꜣ-n-ḫnsw, pꜣ-n-jnt, jpj-jpj, mswt-rꜥ ^{(Category: egy:Egyptian calendar months)}

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.