znj mnt

Egyptian

Etymology

znj (“to surpass”) +‎ mnt (“suffering”), with znj in the infinitive and the two words in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘surpassing of suffering’.

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˌsənəˈmaːna/ → /ˌsənəˈmoːnə/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɛni mɛnɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: zeni menet

Noun

m

great distress, calamity [since the 18th Dynasty]

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 282.

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