mnḥtj

mnḥtj

Egyptian

Etymology

A borrowing from Semitic; compare Hebrew מִנְחָה‎ (minḥā, “gift offering, afternoon prayer”), Arabic مِنْحَة‎ (minḥa, “gift”), Phoenician 𐤌𐤍𐤇𐤕‎ (mnḥt), Ge'ez መሐና (mäḥäna).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛnħɛti/
  • Conventional anglicization: menheti

Noun

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1. (Late Egyptian) gift, tribute

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mnḥtj  

mnḥtj

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: θαλλός (thallós, “gift”) (semantic loan)

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 84.11
• Hoch, James E. (1994) Semitic Words in Egyptian Texts of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period, Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 128