sḫn

See also: shn and SHN

Egyptian

Etymology

From sḫnj (“to alight, to bring or come to rest”).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛxɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: sekhen

Noun

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resting place (for the shades of the dead) [Middle Kingdom]

Inflection

Declension of sḫn (masculine)

singular	sḫn
dual	sḫnwj
plural	sḫnw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sḫn

sḫn

Derived terms

msḫn

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 254.7
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 242

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