zẖꜣw-mdw-nṯr

Egyptian

Etymology

zẖꜣw (“writings”) +‎ mdw-nṯr (“sacred writings, hieroglyphic script”, literally “god’s word”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘writings of the god’s word’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɛçɑuː mɛduː nɛt͡ʃɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: zekhau-medu-netjer

Noun

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1. Egyptian hieroglyphic writing

   Synonym: mdw-nṯr

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 181.2