zẖꜣw n ṯmꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

From zẖꜣw (“scribe”) +‎ n(j) (“of”) +‎ ṯmꜣ (“cadaster”).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɛçɑuː ɛn t͡ʃɛmɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: zekhau en tjema

Noun

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an official in charge of cadastral registers showing the ownership and yield of agricultural land

Inflection

Declension of zẖꜣw n ṯmꜣ (masculine)

singular	zẖꜣw n ṯmꜣ
dual	zẖꜣwwj nwj ṯmꜣ
plural	zẖꜣww nw ṯmꜣ

References

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 268

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