jnr ḥḏ mnḫ n rwḏt

Egyptian

Etymology

jnr (“stone”) +‎ ḥḏ (“white”) +‎ mnḫ (“effective, worthwhile”) +‎ n(j) (“of”) +‎ rwḏt (“hard stone”), thus literally ‘worthwhile white stone of hard rock’.

Pronunciation

(reconstructed Old Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈjaːnaɾ ˈħuːcʼaw ˈmaːniχ nij ˈɾawcʼit/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /inɛr hɛd͡ʒ mɛnɛx ɛn ruːd͡ʒɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: iner hedj menekh en rudjet

Noun

 m

1. (rare) sandstone

   Synonyms: jnr ḥḏ nfr n rwḏt, rwḏt

References

• Harrell, James A. (2012) “Building Stones” in the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology, version 1(1), page 2.