ḥnt

See also: Hnt.

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛnɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: henet

Noun

 f

1. swampy lake or canal [since the Pyramid Texts]
2. (Late Egyptian) a bucket or basin to hold papyrus [20th Dynasty]

Inflection

Declension of ḥnt (feminine)

singular	ḥnt
dual	ḥntj
plural	ḥnwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥnt  

ḥnt

[Old Kingdom]

Proper noun

 f

1. the branch of the Nile connecting the river to the Fayum Oasis

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 105.1–103.5
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 171