ḫmnw

ḫmnw

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Egyptian numbers ^(edit)

	80
←  7	𓐁 8	9  →
Cardinal: ḫmnw     Ordinal: ḫmnnw     Distributive: ḫmnw ḫmnw

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /χaˈmaːnaw/ → /χaˈmaːnaw/ → /χəˈmaːn/[1]

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /χaˈmaːnaw/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /χaˈmaːnaw/
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /χəˈmaːn/; compare the Akkadian transcription 𒄩𒈠𒀭 (ḫa-ma-an)

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛmɛnuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: khemenu

Numeral

1. (cardinal) eight

Inflection

Declension of ḫmnw

	masculine	feminine
singular	ḫmnw	ḫmnt

Related terms

• ḫmnyw (“Ogdoad — the group of eight gods worshipped at Hermopolis”)

Etymology 2

From the numeral eight (ḫmnw), as Hermopolis was the cult centre of the eight gods of the Ogdoad.

Proper noun

 m./f. topo.

1. the city of Hermopolis

Descendants

• Coptic: ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ (šmoun)
  • → Arabic: الأشمونين‎‎‎

References

1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 39