mfkꜣt

Egyptian

Etymology

From m- (noun-forming prefix) +‎ fkꜣt (“turquoise”).

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /maˈfakʀat/ → /maˈfakʀaʔ/ → /məˈfaʔkə/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛfkɑt/
- Conventional anglicization: mefkat

Noun

f

turquoise

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 311.

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