ḥwt-nṯr

Egyptian

Edfu, 200s BC

Etymology

From ḥwt (“enclosure”) +‎ nṯr (“god”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘house of god’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ħawitˈnaːcaɾ/ → /ħajiʔˈnaːtaʔ/ → /ħəjəˈnaːta/ → /ħəjəˈnoːtə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ħawitˈnaːcaɾ/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ħajiʔˈnaːtaʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ħəjəˈnaːta/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ħəjəˈnoːtə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /huːt nɛt͡ʃɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: hut-netjer

Noun

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1. temple

Inflection

Declension of ḥwt-nṯr (feminine)

singular	ḥwt-nṯr
dual	ḥwtj-nṯr
plural	ḥwwt-nṯr

Derived terms

• wnwt-ḥwt-nṯr
• jmj-r-ḥwt-nṯr

Descendants

The following descendant has been proposed, but Vycichl disputes it on phonetic grounds (compare the regular development of Sahidic Coptic ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ (noute) from nṯr):

• >? Sahidic Coptic: ϩⲉⲛⲉⲉⲧⲉ (heneete)

References

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN