hieroglyph
English
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Etymology
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First attested around 1598, a back-formation from hieroglyphic (1580s), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French hiéroglyphique, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin hieroglyphicus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός (hierogluphikós) (Plutarch τά ἱερογλυφικά [γράμματα] "hieroglyphic [writing]), ἱερόγλυφος (hierógluphos, “carver of hieroglyphs”) (Ptolemy), a compound of ἱερός (hierós, “sacred, holy”) and γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carved work”), a calque of Egyptian mdw nṯr (“the god’s word”),
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Pronunciation
Noun
hieroglyph (plural hieroglyphs)
- An element of an ideographic (hieroglyphic) writing system.
- (informal) Any obscure or baffling symbol.
Derived terms
Translations
element of ideographic writing system
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Verb
hieroglyph (third-person singular simple present hieroglyphs, present participle hieroglyphing, simple past and past participle hieroglyphed)
- To represent by hieroglyphs.
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 2, 177.
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