ḫntj-š
Egyptian
Etymology
ḫntj (“foremost”) + š (“district, garden”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘foremost of the district/garden’.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /xɛnti ʃɛ/
- Conventional anglicization: khenti-she
Noun
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m
- a title, conventionally rendered ‘land-tenant’ or ‘attendant’ [Old Kingdom to 18th Dynasty]
- Late 5th Dynasty, Striding Statue of Minnefer (Cleveland 1948.420), inscription on base:[1]
- sḥḏ ḫntjw-š pr-ꜥꜣ mnw-nfr
- Supervisor of palace attendants Minnefer
- Late 5th Dynasty, Striding Statue of Minnefer (Cleveland 1948.420), inscription on base:[1]
Inflection
Declension of ḫntj-š (masculine)
| singular | ḫntj-š |
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| dual | ḫntjwj-š |
| plural | ḫntjw-š |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫntj-š
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| ḫntj-š | ḫntj-š | ḫntj-š | ḫntj-š | ḫntjw-š | |||||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- jmj-r ḫntjw-š
- jmj-r ḫntjw-š pr-ꜥꜣ
- jmj-ḫt ḫntjw-š pr-ꜥꜣ
- ḫntj-š pr-ꜥꜣ
- ḫntj-š mꜣꜥ mn-ꜥnḫ-nfr-kꜣ-rꜥ
- ḫntj-š mn-ꜥnḫ-nfr-kꜣ-rꜥ
- ḫntj-š mn-nfr-mry-rꜥ
- ḫntj-š ḏd-swt-zꜣ-rꜥ-ttj
- ḫntj-š ḏd-swt-ttj
- ḫntt-š
- ḫntt-š ḏd-swt-ttj
- sḥḏ ḫntjw-š
- sḥḏ ḫntjw-š pr-ꜥꜣ
- sḥḏ ḫntjw-š nfr-swt-nswt-bjtj-wnjs
- sḥḏ ḫntjw-š smsw pr-ꜥꜣ
Noun
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- orchard, plantation
Inflection
Declension of ḫntj-š (masculine)
| singular | ḫntj-š |
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| dual | ḫntjwj-š |
| plural | ḫntjw-š |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫntj-š
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| ḫnt-š | ḫntj-š |
Proper noun
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- epithet for Lebanon
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 310.11–310.12, 311.1
- 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, § 2530, page 691
- Berman, Lawrence M.; Bohač, Kenneth J. (1999) The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Egyptian Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press, page 126–127