menat
See also: menât
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Egyptian mnjt in the form of the 19th-century Lepsius-style transcription menȧt.
Noun
editmenat (plural menats)
- In Ancient Egypt, 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.
- The keyhole-shaped counterweight of such a necklace, considered an amulet to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
Anagrams
editCatalan
editPronunciation
editParticiple
editmenat (feminine menada, masculine plural menats, feminine plural menades)
- past participle of menar
Swedish
editVerb
editmenat
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- English terms borrowed from Egyptian
- English terms derived from Egyptian
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Ancient Egypt
- en:Jewelry
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Catalan/at
- Rhymes:Catalan/at/2 syllables
- Catalan non-lemma forms
- Catalan past participles
- Swedish non-lemma forms
- Swedish verb forms