ḥḏ tꜣ

Egyptian edit

Etymology edit

ḥḏ (“be(come) white”) +‎ tꜣ (“land”), literally ‘the land becomes white’, with ḥḏ as a non-attributive relative (nominal/emphatic) form, effectively making the clause adverbial in meaning.

Pronunciation edit

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛd͡ʒ tɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: hedj ta

Phrase edit

at dawn

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, pages 385–386.