ḫnmw

See also: ẖnmw

Egyptian

Etymology

From ḫnm (“to breathe, smell, make sweet-smelling”) +‎ -w.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛnɛmuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: khenemu

Noun

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1. smell, aroma, fragrance, especially a pleasant one
2. (rare) breathed air, breath [Late Period]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫnmw  

ḫnmw	ḫnmjw

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 293.2–293.6
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 193