ḫmt-rw

Egyptian

Etymology

ḫmtw (“three”) +‎ rw (plural of r(ꜣ) (“part, piece, ¹⁄_…”)).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˌχamtawˈɾaːʀaw/ → /ˌχamtawˈɾaːʀaw/ → /χəmtəˈɾaːwə/ → /χəmtəˈɾoːw/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˌχamtawˈɾaːʀaw/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˌχamtawˈɾaːʀaw/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /χəmtəˈɾaːwə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /χəmtəˈɾoːw/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛmɛt ruː/
  • Conventional anglicization: khemet-ru

Noun

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1. three fourths

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 105.