ḥfn
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Egyptian
| ← 100 | ← 10,000 | 𓆐 100,000 |
1,000,000 (106) → | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: ḥfn Ordinal: mḥ-ḥfn | ||||
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /hɛfɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: hefen
Numeral
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- hundred thousand
- (by extension) a very large amount
Inflection
Declension of ḥfn
| masculine | feminine | |
|---|---|---|
| singular | ḥfn |
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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 102.
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN