mnjt

Egyptian

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Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛnit/
- Conventional anglicization: menit

Noun

f

a heavy beaded necklace and musical instrument with a crescent-shaped plate in the front and a keyhole-shaped amuletic counterweight in the rear, considered sacred to Hathor; menat-necklace
the keyhole-shaped counterweight of such a necklace

Inflection

Declension of mnjt (feminine)

singular	mnjt
dual	mnjtj
plural	mnjwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mnjt

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mnjt

Descendants

→ English: menat

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 75.18–76.3
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 108

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