qnyt

Egyptian

Etymology

qnj (“to be brave”) +‎ -y +‎ -t, thus ‘the Braves’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kɛniːt/
- Conventional anglicization: qenyt

Proper noun

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(collective) an elite unit of soldiers or bodyguards [18th Dynasty]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of qnyt

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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 60.
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 279
Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 44.17

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