ḥwt-ḥr

Egyptian

Etymology

From ḥwt (“mansion”) +‎ ḥr (“Horus”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘Mansion of Horus’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ħuːt ħɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: hut-hor

Proper noun

f

The goddess Hathor

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥwt-ḥr

O10

ḥwt-ḥr

Derived terms

ẖnt ḥwt-ḥr

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: Ἅθωρ (Háthōr)
- → English: Hathor

Proper noun

f

The month of Hathyr

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: Ἁθύρ (Hathúr)
- → English: Hathyr

See also

(Middle Kingdom (Memphite) Egyptian calendar months) tḫj, mnḫt, ẖnt ḥwt-ḥr, nḥb-kꜣw, šf-bdt, rkḥ-ꜥꜣ, rkḥ-nḏs, rnn-wtt, ḫnsw, ḫnt-ẖty-prtj, jpt ḥmt, wp-rnpt

(New Kingdom (Theban) Egyptian calendar months) ḏḥwtj, pꜣ-n-jpt, ḥwt-ḥr, kꜣ-ḥr-kꜣ, tꜣ-ꜥꜣbt, pꜣ-n-pꜣ-mḫrw, pꜣ-n-jmn-ḥtp, pꜣ-n-rnn-wtt, pꜣ-n-ḫnsw, pꜣ-n-jnt, jpj-jpj, mswt-rꜥ ^{(Category: egy:Egyptian calendar months)}

References

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

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