ḥqꜣ-ḫꜣst

== Egyptian == === Etymology === ḥqꜣ (“ruler”) +‎ ḫꜣst (“foreign land”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘ruler of a foreign land’. === Pronunciation === (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /hɛkɑ xɑsɛt/ Conventional anglicization: heqa-khaset === Noun === m a foreign ruler generally one of the Hyksos ==== Usage notes ==== This term also commonly appears with the nomen rectum pluralized, as ḥqꜣ-ḫꜣswt (“ruler of foreign lands”). ==== Inflection ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Ancient Greek: Ὑκσώς (Huksṓs), Ὑξώς (Huxṓs) → English: Hyksos === References === Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1929), Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 171.28–171.29