sḫn

See also: shn and SHN

Egyptian

Etymology

From sḫnj (“to alight, to bring or come to rest”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛxɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: sekhen

Noun

 m

1. resting place (for the shades of the dead) [Middle Kingdom]

Inflection

Declension of sḫn (masculine)

singular	sḫn
dual	sḫnwj
plural	sḫnw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sḫn  

sḫn

Derived terms

• msḫn

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 254.7
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 242