ẖrj-nṯr

Egyptian

Etymology

ẖrj (“lying under, being the place of”) +‎ nṯr (“god”), thus literally ‘that which is under the god’ or ’place where the god is’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /çuˈɾij ˈnaːcaɾ/ → /çuˈɾij ˈnaːtaʔ/ → /çəˈɾej ˈnaːta/ → /çəˈɾej ˈnoːtə/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /çɛri nɛt͡ʃɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: kheri-netjer

Noun

m

necropolis, cemetery
the afterworld, the Duat

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ẖrj-nṯr

ẖr-nṯr

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 92, 293, 366, 377.

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