nḫnw

Egyptian

Etymology

nḫn (“to be a child”) +‎ -w.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛxɛnuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: nekhenu

Noun

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1. childhood [since the Middle Kingdom]

   Synonyms: nḫnt, ẖrdw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nḫnw  

nḫnw	nḫn

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 312.2–312.3
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 138