ḫpd

Egyptian

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Afroasiatic *paḫVǯ-.[1] Compare also Proto-Semitic **paḫ(i)d_-, Arabic فَخِذ (faḵiḏ, “thigh”).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛpɛd/
- Conventional anglicization: kheped

Noun

m

(often in the dual) buttock(s), rump(s)

Inflection

Declension of ḫpd (masculine)

singular	ḫpd
dual	ḫpdwj
plural	ḫpdw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫpd

ḫpḏ

[Coffin texts]

The dual forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫpd

ḫpdwj

ḫpdwj

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 270

Orel, Vladimir E., Stolbova, Olga V. (1995) “*paḫVǯ-”, in Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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