ḥḥ

See also: hh, Hh, HH, hH, and ḫḫ

Egyptian

**Egyptian numbers ^(edit)**
← 1,000	← 100,000	𓁨 1,000,000 (10⁶)
Cardinal: ḥḥ Ordinal: mḥ-ḥḥ

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ħaħ/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ħɛħ/
- Conventional anglicization: heh

Numeral

million [since the 1st Dynasty, chiefly Old Egyptian]
(by extension) a very large amount [chiefly Middle and Late Egyptian]

Inflection

Declension of ḥḥ

	masculine	feminine
singular	ḥḥ	—

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥḥ

C11

C11

ḥḥ

ḥḥ

ḥḥ

ḥḥ

ḥḥ

[since the Middle Kingdom]

[since the Middle Kingdom]

[Greco-Roman Period, occasionally earlier]

Derived terms

ꜥm-ḥḥ
wjꜣ-n-ḥḥw
nḥḥ
ḥḥ n ḥḥ
ḥḥ n zp
ḥḥ ḥr ḥḥ

Descendants

Coptic: ϩⲁϩ (hah)

Noun

m

the floodwaters of the inundation [Greco-Roman Period]

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 102.
Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN

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