ẖnnw

Egyptian

Etymology

From ẖnn (“to trouble, to disturb”) +‎ -w.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /çɛnɛnuː/
- Conventional anglicization: khenenu

Noun

m

disturbance, tumult, turmoil
rebellion, civil war

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ẖnnw

ẖnnw

Noun

m

troublemaker

Inflection

Declension of ẖnnw (masculine)

singular	ẖnnw
dual	ẖnnwwj
plural	ẖnnww

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 383.10–383.20
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 203
James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 284.

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