ḥꜣb-wr

Egyptian

Etymology

ḥꜣb (“festival”) +‎ wr (“big, great”).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɑb wɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: hab-wer

Proper noun

m

the Great Festival, one of the festivals at which offerings were given to the dead
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ḥꜣb,‎ wr.

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 57.19–57.20

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