Egyptian
Etymology
From jmj-r (“overseer”) + ḥwt-nṯr (“temple”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘overseer of the temple’.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /imi ɛr huːt nɛt͡ʃɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: imi-er-hut-netjer
Noun
m
- a title: ‘temple-overseer’
Inflection
Declension of jmj-r-ḥwt-nṯr (masculine)
| singular
|
jmj-r-ḥwt-nṯr
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| dual
|
jmjwj-r-ḥwt-nṯr
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| plural
|
jmjw-r-ḥwt-nṯr
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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 320.