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serekh

serekh noun: in Egyptian hieroglyphs, a rectangular enclosure consisting of a depiction of a palace façade and a top-down view of a royal courtyard containing the Horus name of a pharaoh, usually topped by a Horus falcon.

serekh: in Egyptian hieroglyphs, a rectangular enclosure consisting of a depiction of a palace façade and a...
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Noun

serekh (plural serekhs)

  1. In Egyptian hieroglyphs, a rectangular enclosure consisting of a depiction of a palace façade and a top-down view of a royal courtyard containing the Horus name of a pharaoh, usually topped by a Horus falcon.

Forms of serekh

pluralserekhs

Origin of serekh

Learned borrowing from Egyptian s-r:x-O33 (srḫ, “palace façade”).

Words formed from serekh

Phrases with serekh

Questions about serekh

What does serekh mean?
Serekh means in Egyptian hieroglyphs, a rectangular enclosure consisting of a depiction of a palace façade and a top-down view of a royal courtyard containing the Horus name of a pharaoh, usually topped by a Horus falcon.
What part of speech is serekh?
Serekh is a noun.
What is the plural of serekh?
The plural of serekh is serekhs.

Words near serekh in the dictionary

  1. Sereda
  2. Seredyna-Buda
  3. sereh
  4. Serei Saophoan
  5. serein
  6. serekh
  7. serekh name
  8. serekh names
  9. serekhs
  10. Serekunda
  11. serelaxin

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