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senet

senet noun: an Ancient Egyptian board game, probably played as a strategy game similar to chess or go.

Noun

senet (uncountable)

  1. An Ancient Egyptian board game, probably played as a strategy game similar to chess or go.

Forms of senet

alternative formsenat

Origin of senet

Borrowed from Egyptian znt — hieroglyphs: z:n-t:N24The full name of the game in Egyptian was znt nt ḥꜥb, which means "game of passing". Compare with Coptic ⲥⲓⲛⲉ (sine, “passing, afternoon”).

Questions about senet

What does senet mean?
Senet means an Ancient Egyptian board game, probably played as a strategy game similar to chess or go.
What part of speech is senet?
Senet is a noun.

Words near senet in the dictionary

  1. senescing
  2. Senese
  3. Seneses
  4. seneskal
  5. seneskals
  6. senet
  7. senex
  8. senexes
  9. Seney
  10. Seneys
  11. Senfic

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