ḫrt-jb
Egyptian
Etymology
ḫrt (feminine of ḫrj, nisba of ḫr) + jb (“heart, mind”), thus literally ‘(what is) in the presence of the heart’.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /xɛrɛt ib/
- Conventional anglicization: kheret-ib
Noun
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- wish, desire
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 294.