ḫmnw

== Egyptian == === Etymology 1 === Compare with Proto-Semitic *ṯamāniy-. ==== Pronunciation ==== (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /xɛmɛnuː/ Conventional anglicization: khemenu ==== Numeral ==== eight ===== Inflection ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== 𒄩𒈠𒀭 (ḫa-ma-an /⁠ḫamān⁠/) (14th BCE cuneiform) ===== Related terms ===== 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 ==== (originally) m or (later often) f (toponym) the city of Hermopolis ===== Descendants ===== Akhmimic Coptic: ⳉⲙⲟⲩⲛ (xmoun) Bohairic Coptic: ϣⲙⲏⲛ (šmēn) Fayyumic Coptic: ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ (šmoun) Lycopolitan Coptic: ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ (šmoun) Sahidic Coptic: ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ (šmoun) → Arabic: الأشمونين (“Hermopolis”) === References === James P[eter] Allen (2010), Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 102.