zꜣ-nḫt
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word zꜣ-nḫt. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word zꜣ-nḫt, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say zꜣ-nḫt in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word zꜣ-nḫt you have here. The definition of the word zꜣ-nḫt will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofzꜣ-nḫt, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: zꜣ-nht
Egyptian
Etymology
zꜣ (“protector”) + nḫt (“strong, victorious”), thus ‘strong/victorious protector’.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /zɑ nɛxɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: za-nakht
Proper noun
|
m
- A serekh name notably borne by Sanakht, a pharaoh of the Third Dynasty
References
- “Zꜣ-nḫt.w (lemma ID 400472)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae, Corpus issue 18, Web app version 2.1.5, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–26 July 2023
- Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 33
- von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 51, 177