jmj-r ḥwt-nṯr

Egyptian

Etymology

jmj-r (“overseer”) +‎ ḥwt-nṯr (“temple”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘overseer of the temple’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /imi ɛr ħuːt nɛt͡ʃɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: imi-er hut-netjer

Noun

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a title: ‘temple-overseer’

Inflection

Declension of jmj-r ḥwt-nṯr (masculine)

singular	jmj-r ḥwt-nṯr
dual	jmjwj-r ḥwt-nṯr
plural	jmjw-r ḥwt-nṯr

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 320.

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