ḥḏw

Egyptian

Etymology

ḥḏ (“to be white”) +‎ -w.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛd͡ʒuː/
- Conventional anglicization: hedju

Noun

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(uncountable) any Allium species; garlic or onions (as a cultivated plant, as a side dish to bread and meat, as an apotropaic against snakes and evil spirits, or used medicinally)

Alternative forms

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References

Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 212.5–212.9
Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 182

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