ḫꜣ tꜣ

See also: ḫꜣ-tꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

From ḫꜣ (“a thousand (mḥw tꜣ)”) +‎ tꜣ (“land”) in a direct genitive construction.

Pronunciation

Noun
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  1. a decaroura, a measure of area equivalent to 10 sṯꜣwt (“arourae”) or 1000 mḥw tꜣ (“cubits of land”) (about 2.76 hectares).

Inflection
Declension of ḫꜣ tꜣ (masculine)
singular ḫꜣ tꜣ
dual ḫꜣwj tꜣ
plural ḫꜣw tꜣ

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫꜣ tꜣ  
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ḫꜣ tꜣ

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 105.
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
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