zẖꜣw-mdw-nṯr

Egyptian

Etymology

zẖꜣw (“writings”) +‎ mdw-nṯr (“sacred writings, hieroglyphic script”, literally “god’s word”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘writings of the god’s word’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɛçɑuː mɛduː nɛt͡ʃɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: zekhau-medu-netjer

Noun

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Egyptian hieroglyphic writing
Synonym: mdw-nṯr

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 181.2

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