Egyptian edit

Etymology edit

jmj-r (overseer) +‎ šnt (dispute) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘overseer of dispute’.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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  1. sheriff

Inflection edit

References edit

  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 299.