ḫnmt

See also: ẖnmt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛnmɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: khenmet

Etymology 1

ḫnm (“to attend on or rear a child”) +‎ -t.

Noun

 f

1. (Late Egyptian) (female) nurse or attendant of a child, especially of a god in the form of a child

Inflection

Declension of ḫnmt (feminine)

singular	ḫnmt
dual	ḫnmtj
plural	ḫnmwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫnmt  

ḫnmt

Etymology 2

ḫnm (“to make pleased”) +‎ -t.

Noun

 f

1. (Late Egyptian) prostitute

Inflection

Declension of ḫnmt (feminine)

singular	ḫnmt
dual	ḫnmtj
plural	ḫnmwt

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 292.16, 293.11–293.13
• Dickson, Paul (2006) Dictionary of Middle Egyptian in Gardiner Classification Order‎^[2]