ḫpd

Egyptian

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Afroasiatic *paḫVǯ-. Compare also Proto-Semitic **paḫ(i)d_-, Arabic فَخِذ (faḵiḏ, “thigh”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛpɛd/
  • Conventional anglicization: kheped

Noun

 m

1. (often in the dual) buttock(s), rump(s)

Inflection

Declension of ḫpd (masculine)

singular	ḫpd
dual	ḫpdwj
plural	ḫpdw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫpd  

ḫpḏ

[Coffin texts]

The dual forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫpd  

ḫpdwj	ḫpdwj

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 270