ẖnw

== Egyptian == === Pronunciation === (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /çɛnuː/ Conventional anglicization: khenu === Noun === m interior, inside (of a place, building, body part, etc.) Antonym: rwt (Late Egyptian, as a genitive modifying another noun) inner, covering the interior [Late Period] space between any number of points, enclosed space home, residence, abode homeland, home, the interior of Egypt? residence of the king, with its associated administrative complex; palace, capitol, capital city, ‘the Residence’ temple or shrine as the residence of a god [chiefly Greco-Roman Period] goods that a land or mountain contains or produces; products, contents, abundance ==== Usage notes ==== It is unclear whether this word can actually take on the sense of ‘homeland’ given above; some authors prefer to interpret the relevant passages as references to the royal residence instead. Allen in Middle Egyptian Literature argues for the former interpretation in the context of the tale of The Shipwrecked Sailor: ‘ẖnw — literally, “the inside”: in this case, “inside” Egypt. The term is also used to refer to the capital, Memphis, but the locale mentioned in col. 10 sets the scene in Aswan’. ==== Inflection ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== m ẖnw r ẖnw ==== Descendants ==== Demotic Egyptian: ⁠ (ẖn) Akhmimic Coptic: ⳉⲟⲩⲛ (xoun) Bohairic Coptic: ϧⲟⲩⲛ (xoun) Fayyumic Coptic: ϩⲟⲩⲛ (houn) Sahidic Coptic: ϩⲟⲩⲛ (houn) === References === “ẖnw (lemma ID 854537)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎[1], Corpus issue 20, Web app version 2.5.0, ed. by Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning […] and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils […], 2004–23 April 2026 Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1929), Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎[2], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 368.17–370.14 Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962), A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 202 Wilson, Penelope (1991), A Lexicographical Study of the Ptolemaic Texts in the Temple of Edfu‎[3], Liverpool: University of Liverpool, pages 1363–1364, 1366 Černý, Jaroslav (1976), Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 286 James P[eter] Allen (2010), Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 122, 138, 233. Hoch, James (1997), Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 98