ḥḏw

== Egyptian == === Etymology === From ḥḏ (“to be white”) +‎ -w. === Pronunciation === (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /hɛd͡ʒuː/ Conventional anglicization: hedju === Noun === m (uncountable) any Allium species; garlic or onions (as a cultivated plant, as a side dish to bread and meat, as an apotropaic against snakes and evil spirits, or used medicinally) ==== Alternative forms ==== === References === Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1929), Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 212.5–212.9 Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962), A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 182