ḥwt-nṯr

ḥwt-nṯr

Egyptian

Edfu, 200s BC

Etymology

From ḥwt (“enclosure”) +‎ nṯr (“god”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘house of god’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ħawitˈnaːcaɾ/ → /ħawiʔˈnaːtaʔ/ → /ħə(wə)ˈnoːtə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ħawitˈnaːcaɾ/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ħawiʔˈnaːtaʔ/
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ħa(wə)ˈnoːtə/, /ħə(wə)ˈnoːtə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ħuːt nɛt͡ʃɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: hut-netjer

Noun

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1. temple

Inflection

Declension of ḥwt-nṯr (feminine)

singular	ḥwt-nṯr
dual	ḥwtj-nṯr
plural	ḥwwt-nṯr

Derived terms

• wnwt-ḥwt-nṯr
• jmj-r ḥwt-nṯr

References

• Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN