nt-ḥsb

Egyptian

Etymology

nt (feminine of nj (“of, belonging to”)) +‎ ḥsb (“calculation”), thus ‘(what is) belonging to calculation’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛt hɛsɛb/
- Conventional anglicization: net-heseb

Noun

f

accounting, bookkeeping

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nt-ḥsb

Aa2

nt-ḥsb

[Late Period]

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 197
Gundacker, Roman (2011) “On the Etymology of the Egyptian Crown Name mrsw.t*: An “Irregular” Subgroup of m-Prefix Formations” in Lingua Aegyptia, volume 19, page 53

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