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Egyptian
Etymology
From ḫnm (“to breathe, smell, make sweet-smelling”) + -w.
Pronunciation
Noun
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- smell, aroma, fragrance, especially a pleasant one
- (rare) breathed air, breath
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫnmw
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 293.2–293.6
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 193
