ḫmnw

Egyptian

Etymology 1
Egyptian numbers (edit)
80
 ←  7 𓐁
8		 9  → 
    Cardinal: ḫmnw
    Ordinal: ḫmnnw
    Distributive: ḫmnw ḫmnw

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /χaˈmaːnaw/ → /χaˈmaːnaw/ → /χəˈmaːn/[1]

Numeral

  1. (cardinal) eight
Inflection
Declension of ḫmnw
masculine feminine
singular ḫmnw
 ḫmnt
  • ḫmnyw (“Ogdoad — the group of eight gods worshipped at Hermopolis”)

Etymology 2

From the numeral eight (ḫmnw), as Hermopolis was the cult centre of the eight gods of the Ogdoad.

Proper noun


 m./f. topo.

  1. the city of Hermopolis
Descendants
  • Coptic: ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ (šmoun)
    • → Arabic: الأشمونين‎‎‎

References
  1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 39
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