j.nḏ ḥr

Egyptian

Etymology

Possibly from an earlier expression j.nḏ.j ḥr, meaning roughly ‘may I inquire about (you)’, with the first-person suffix pronoun .j omitted.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /inɛd͡ʒ ħɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: inedj her

Interjection

(with an attached second-person suffix pronoun, chiefly in religious texts) hail, greetings

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of j.nḏ ḥr

j.nḏ ḥr

j.nḏ ḥr

References

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 199

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