ḥqꜣ-ḫꜣst
Egyptian
Etymology
ḥqꜣ (“ruler”) + ḫꜣst (“foreign land”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘ruler of a foreign land’.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /hɛkɑ xɑsɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: heqa-khaset
Usage notes
This term also commonly appears with the nomen rectum pluralized, as ḥqꜣ-ḫꜣswt (“ruler of foreign lands”).
Inflection
Declension of ḥqꜣ-ḫꜣst (masculine)
singular | ḥqꜣ-ḫꜣst |
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dual | ḥqꜣwj-ḫꜣst |
plural | ḥqꜣw-ḫꜣst |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥqꜣ-ḫꜣst
ḥqꜣ-n-ḫꜣst | ḥqꜣw-ḫꜣswt | ||||||||||||
with both nouns in the plural |
Descendants
- → Ancient Greek: Ὑκσώς (Huksṓs), Ὑξώς (Huxṓs)
- → English: Hyksos
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 171.28–171.29
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