mnjt
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Egyptian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɛnit/
- Conventional anglicization: menit
Noun
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- a heavy beaded necklace and musical instrument with a crescent-shaped plate in the front and a keyhole-shaped amuletic counterweight in the rear, considered sacred to Hathor; menat-necklace
- the keyhole-shaped counterweight of such a necklace
Inflection
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mnjt
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Descendants
[edit]- → English: menat
References
[edit]- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 75.18–76.3
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 108