zḥ-nṯr

Egyptian

Etymology

From zḥ (“booth, hall, embalmer’s workshop”) +‎ nṯr (“god”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘booth of the god’, ‘divine booth’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

 m
  1. the mythological booth or hall in which Anubis cleaned and embalmed the corpse of Osiris [since the Pyramid Texts]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zḥ-nṯr  
zḥ-nṯr zḥ-nṯr
[Old Kingdom]

Derived terms

Noun

 m
  1. small wooden chapel [Old Kingdom and 18th Dynasty]
  2. temple [since the 18th Dynasty]
  3. chamber in a temple [Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection

Declension of zḥ-nṯr (masculine)
singular zḥ-nṯr
dual zḥwj-nṯr
plural zḥw-nṯr

Alternative forms

See the alternative forms under the proper noun above.

References

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