nḫꜣḫꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

Reduplication of nḫꜣ (“flail”), from nḫꜣ (“to dangle”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛxɑxɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: nekhakha

Noun

 m

1. flail, as part of the royal insignia

Inflection

Declension of nḫꜣḫꜣ (masculine)

singular	nḫꜣḫꜣ
dual	nḫꜣḫꜣwj
plural	nḫꜣḫꜣw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nḫꜣḫꜣ  

nḫꜣḫꜣ	nḫḫ
[since the New Kingdom]
abbreviation

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 306.11–306.14
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 137