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

D54

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 (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 242

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