hrw-ḥꜣb

Egyptian

Etymology

hrw (“day”) +‎ ḥꜣb (“festival”).

Pronunciation

(reconstructed Old Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˌhaɾwuwħaˈʀab/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛruː hɑb/
- Conventional anglicization: heru-hab

Noun

m

feast or festival day, holiday

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 112.

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