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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Noun
f
- pylon, monumental gateway flanked by two towers
- (by extension) a gateway in general
Usage notes
This word is sometimes used in the dual, apparently with the same meaning as the singular, treating the pylon as a pair of gates/towers rather than a single object.
Inflection
Declension of bḫnt (feminine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bḫnt
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 471.9–471.11
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 84
