ḥwt-ḥr

Egyptian

Etymology

Compound of ḥwt (“mansion”) +‎ ḥr (“Horus”), literally “Mansion of Horus”.

Pronunciation

• (reconstructed Old Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˌħawitˈħaːɾuw/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /huːt hɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: hut-hor

Proper noun

 f

1. (Egyptian mythology) Hathor (the goddess of joy, love, and motherhood; one of the "Eyes / Daughters of Ra", the consort of Ra/Horus; often depicted as having a cow's head)

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥwt-ḥr  

ḥwt-ḥr

Derived terms

• ẖnt-ḥwt-ḥr

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Ἅθωρ (Háthōr)
  • → English: Hathor
• → Meroitic: 𐦠𐦴𐦫𐦢 (atri /⁠atari⁠/)

See also

• 𓁥

Proper noun

 f

1. the month of Hathyr

Coordinate terms

Egyptian calendar months (New Kingdom/Theban)edit

• 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

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Ἁθύρ (Hathúr)
  • → English: Hathyr
• Bohairic Coptic: ⲁⲑⲱⲣ (athōr)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ϩⲁⲑⲱⲗ (hathōl)
• Sahidic Coptic: ϩⲁⲑⲱⲣ (hathōr)
  • → Ge'ez: አኀቱር (ʾäḫätur), አሕቱር (ʾäḥtur)
• → Minaean: 𐩢𐩩𐩢𐩧 (ḥtḥr)

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 109, 233, 465.