ꜥnt

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Egyptian

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Etymology 1

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From ꜥnn (to turn back) +‎ -t.

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n
t
D51

Pronunciation

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  • (senses ‘claw, nail’ and ‘adze’): (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈʕiːnVt//ˈʕiːnVʔ//ˈʕiːna//ˈʕiːnə/

Noun

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n
t
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  1. claw
  2. nail, fingernail, toenail
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    t Z1
    N33A
    jrj ꜥnwtto trim and prepare one’s nails, to do one’s nails
  3. talon of a bird
  4. thumb [Medical papyri and Late Period]
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Descendants
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  • Demotic: ꜥn.t, ꜥne.t

Noun

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n
t
U20

 f

  1. carpenter’s adze [Middle and New Kingdoms]
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a
n
t
S21

Noun

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a
n
t
S21

 f

  1. (jewelry) ring [18th Dynasty]
  2. eyelet on a piece of jewelry [18th Dynasty]
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Noun

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n
t ra

 f

  1. the smallest unit of time, smaller than a ḥꜣt; approximately a tierce [Greco-Roman Period]
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Etymology 2

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From ꜥnj (to be beautiful, pleasant, kind) +‎ -t, thus ‘the beautiful/pleasant/kind one’.

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Noun

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n
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t H8

 f

  1. an epithet of Hathor [Greco-Roman Period]

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