sḫt-ḥmꜣt

Egyptian

Etymology

sḫt (“field”) +‎ ḥmꜣt (“salt”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘Field of Salt’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛxɛt ħɛmɑt/
- Conventional anglicization: sekhet-hemat

Proper noun

f

the Wadi El Natrun

References

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 68

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