Egyptian
Etymology
From jmj (“(one) being in”) + ḫnt (“fore, forecourt”), literally “(one who) is in the forecourt (of the palace)”.
Pronunciation
Noun
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- an official title: ‘chamberlain’: a priest responsible for the crown and ornaments of the king and for his ceremonial dressing and undressing [since the Old Kingdom]
Inflection
Declension of jmj-ḫnt (masculine)
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jmj-ḫnt
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| dual
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jmjwj-ḫnt, jmwj-ḫnt
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| plural
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jmjw-ḫnt, jmw-ḫnt
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jmj-ḫnt
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m-ḫnt
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m-ḫnt
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jmj-ḫnt
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References
- “jm.j-ḫnt (lemma ID 855682)” and “jm.j-ḫnt (lemma ID 25730)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae[1], Corpus issue 18, Web app version 2.1.5, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–26 July 2023
- Jones, Dilwyn (2000) An Index of Ancient Egyptian Titles, Epithets and Phrases of the Old Kingdom (BAR International Series; 866 (I-II)), volume I-II, Oxford: Archaeopress, →ISBN, § 1015, pages 281–282
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[2], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 75.1
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[3], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 132
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 19