mnjt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. a heavy beaded necklace and musical instrument with a crescent-shaped plate in the front and a keyhole-shaped amuletic counterweight in the rear, considered sacred to Hathor; menat-necklace
  2. the keyhole-shaped counterweight of such a necklace

Inflection
Declension of mnjt (feminine)
singular mnjt
dual mnjtj
plural mnjwt

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mnjt  
mnjt

References
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 75.18–76.3
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 108
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