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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Numeral
million [since the 1st Dynasty, chiefly Old Egyptian]
( by extension ) a very large amount [chiefly Middle and Late Egyptian]
Inflection
Declension of ḥḥ
masculine
feminine
singular
ḥḥ
—
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥḥ
ḥḥ
ḥḥ
ḥḥ
ḥḥ
ḥḥ
[since the Middle Kingdom]
[since the Middle Kingdom]
[Greco-Roman Period, occasionally earlier]
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
m
the floodwaters of the inundation [Greco-Roman Period]
References
James P[eter] Allen (2010 ) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs , 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN .
Erman, Adolf , Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961 ) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache , Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962 ) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian , Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN