mnḥtj

Egyptian

Etymology

A borrowing from Semitic; compare Hebrew מִנְחָה (minḥā, “gift offering, afternoon prayer”), Arabic مِنْحَة (minḥa, “gift”), Phoenician 𐤌𐤍𐤇𐤕 (mnḥt), Ge'ez መሐና (mäḥäna).

Pronunciation

Noun
mn
n		 HH_SPACE
t		 tiiM2
Z2ss

 f

  1. (Late Egyptian) gift, tribute

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mnḥtj  
mn
n		 HtiiM2
Z2ss
mnḥtj

Descendants
  • → Ancient Greek: θαλλός (thallós, “gift”) (semantic loan)

References
  • Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 84.11
  • Hoch, James E. (1994) Semitic Words in Egyptian Texts of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period, Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 128
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