ṯḥnt

Egyptian

Etymology

ṯḥn (“to gleam”) +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛhnɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: tjehnet

Noun

f m

(blue/green) faience [since the Old Kingdom]
colorful glass [since the Old Kingdom]
a kind of precious stone from Nubia [Greco-Roman Period]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ṯḥnt

S16

N33A

THn

S17

N33B

N33B

N33B

THn

N33C

Z2ss

N33C

Z2ss

ṯḥnt

tjḥnt

ṯḥnt

ṯḥnt

tjḥnt

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 390.11–391.15
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 306

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