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Egyptian
Etymology
ḥwn (“young”) + -t (feminine ending).
Pronunciation
Noun
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- girl
- (rare) marriageable young woman, maiden
- pupil of the eye
Inflection
Declension of ḥwnt (feminine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥwnt
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 53.10–53.11, 53.21–54.1
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 166
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 232.
