nḫnw

Egyptian

Etymology

nḫn (“to be a child”) +‎ -w.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛxɛnuː/
- Conventional anglicization: nekhenu

Noun

m

childhood [since the Middle Kingdom]
Synonyms: nḫnt, ẖrdw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nḫnw

nḫnw

nḫn

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 312.2–312.3
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 138

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