ḫmnw

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Egyptian numbers ^(edit)

	80
←  7	𓐁 8	9  →
Cardinal: ḫmnw     Ordinal: ḫmnnw     Adverbial: ḫmnw zpw     Distributive: ḫmnw ḫmnw     Fractional: r ḫmnw

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /χaˈmaːnaw/ → /χaˈmaːnaw/ → /χəˈmaːnəʔ/ → /χəˈmoːn/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /χaˈmaːnaw/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /χaˈmaːnaw/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /χəˈmaːnəʔ/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /χəˈmoːn/; compare the Akkadian transcription 𒄩𒈠𒀭 (ḫa-ma-an)

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛmɛnuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: khemenu

Numeral

1. eight

Inflection

Declension of ḫmnw

	masculine	feminine
singular	ḫmnw	ḫmnt

Related terms

• ḫmnyw (“Ogdoad — the group of eight gods worshipped at Hermopolis”)

Etymology 2

From the numeral eight (ḫmnw), as Hermopolis was the cult centre of the eight gods of the Ogdoad.

Proper noun

  m./f. topo.

1. the city of Hermopolis

Descendants

• Coptic: ϣⲙⲏⲛ (šmēn) — Bohairic, ⳉⲙⲟⲩⲛ (xmoun) — Akhmimic
• Coptic: ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ (šmoun) — Sahidic, Fayyumic
  • → Arabic: الأشمونين‎‎