Wiktionary

ḫntj-š

Egyptian edit

Etymology edit

ḫntj (“foremost”) +‎ š (“district, garden”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘foremost of the district/garden’.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

xntt
S

 m

  1. a title, conventionally rendered ‘land-tenant’ or ‘attendant’ [Old Kingdom to 18th Dynasty]
    • Late 5th Dynasty, Striding Statue of Minnefer (Cleveland 1948.420), inscription on base:[1]
      pr
      aA      		 sHDxnt
      t
      S      		 tywR22nfrf
      r
      sḥḏ ḫntjw-š pr-ꜥꜣ mnw-nfr
      Supervisor of palace attendants Minnefer

Inflection edit

Declension of ḫntj-š (masculine)
singular ḫntj-š
dual ḫntjwj-š
plural ḫntjw-š

Alternative forms edit

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫntj-š  
xnt
t		 S
xAst
xntS
Z1		 xAst
xntt
S
xAst
xntn
t		 S
N21 Z1
xnttywSA1
Z2ss
ḫntj-š ḫntj-š ḫntj-š ḫntj-š ḫntjw-š
in the plural

Derived terms edit

Noun edit

xntt
S		 N21
Z1

 m

  1. orchard, plantation

Inflection edit

Declension of ḫntj-š (masculine)
singular ḫntj-š
dual ḫntjwj-š
plural ḫntjw-š

Alternative forms edit

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫntj-š  
x
n		 t
S		 M1
xnttS
Z1
ḫnt-š ḫntj-š

Proper noun edit

xntt
S		 Z1 N21
xAst

 m

  1. epithet for Lebanon

References edit

  1. ^ Berman, Lawrence M., Bohač, Kenneth J. (1999) The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Egyptian Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press, pages 126–127
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