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- Egyptian · borrowed frommnjt
- English todaymenat
Borrowed from Egyptian mnjt in the form of the 19th-century Lepsius-style transcription menȧt.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Today it means: In Ancient Egypt, a heavy beaded necklace and musical instrument with a crescent-shaped plate in the front and a keyhole-shaped amuletic counterweight in the rear, considered sacred to Hathor. Full definition →
Egyptian mnjt