ḫꜣ tꜣ
See also: ḫꜣ-tꜣ
Egyptian
Etymology
From ḫꜣ (“a thousand (mḥw tꜣ)”) + tꜣ (“land”) in a direct genitive construction.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /xɑ tɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: kha ta
Noun
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- a decaroura, a measure of area equivalent to 10 sṯꜣwt (“arourae”) or 1000 mḥw tꜣ (“cubits of land”) (about 2.76 hectares).
Inflection
Declension of ḫꜣ tꜣ (masculine)
| singular | ḫꜣ tꜣ |
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| dual | ḫꜣwj tꜣ |
| plural | ḫꜣw tꜣ |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫꜣ tꜣ
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References
- Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
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