zẖꜣw-n-ṯmꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

From zẖꜣw (“scribe”) +‎ n(j) (“of”) +‎ ṯmꜣ (“cadaster”).

Pronunciation
  • (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /zɛçɑuː ɛn t͡ʃɛmɑ/
    • Conventional anglicization: zekhau-en-tjema

Noun
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  1. an official in charge of cadastral registers showing the ownership and yield of agricultural land

Inflection
Declension of zẖꜣw-n-ṯmꜣ (masculine)
singular zẖꜣw-n-ṯmꜣ
dual zẖꜣwwj-nwj-ṯmꜣ
plural zẖꜣww-nw-ṯmꜣ

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 268.
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