ḥm-nṯr

Egyptian

Etymology

From ḥm (“servant”) +‎ nṯr (“god”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘servant of a god’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈħamˌnacaɾ/ → /ˈħamˌnataʔ/ → /ˈħannətə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈħamˌnacaɾ/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈħamˌnataʔ/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈħannətə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛm nɛt͡ʃɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: hem-netjer

Noun

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1. priest

   Coordinate term: ḥmt-nṯr

Inflection

Declension of ḥm-nṯr (masculine)

singular	ḥm-nṯr
dual	ḥmwj-nṯr
plural	ḥmw-nṯr

Derived terms

• ḥm-nṯr tpj

Descendants

• Demotic: ḥm-nṱr
  • Sahidic Coptic: ϩⲟⲛⲧ (hont)
• → Meroitic: 𐦠𐦩𐦴 (ant /⁠annata⁠/)