sḫt-ḥmꜣt
Egyptian edit
Etymology edit
sḫt (“field”) + ḥmꜣt (“salt”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘Field of Salt’.
Pronunciation edit
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /sɛxɛt hɛmɑt/
- Conventional anglicization: sekhet-hemat
Proper noun edit
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- the Wadi El Natrun
References edit
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 68.