znt

Egyptian

Etymology

znj (“to pass by, surpass”) +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɛnɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: zenet

Noun

 f

1. senet, a board game

Inflection

Declension of znt (feminine)

singular	znt
dual	zntj
plural	znwt

Derived terms

• znt nt ḥꜥb (literally "the game of passing", the full Egyptian name of senet)

Descendants

• → English: senet

References

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962), A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961), Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN