sḫt-ḥmꜣt

Egyptian

Etymology

sḫt (“field”) +‎ ḥmꜣt (“salt”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘Field of Salt’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛxɛt hɛmɑt/
  • Conventional anglicization: sekhet-hemat

Proper noun

 f

1. the Wadi El Natrun

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 68.