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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
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<div>First attested around 1598, a back-formation from {{m|en|hieroglyphic}} (1580s), from {{der|en|frm|hiéroglyphique}}, from {{der|en|LL.|hieroglyphicus}}, from {{der|en|grc|ἱερογλυφικός}} (Plutarch τά ἱερογλυφικά [γράμματα] "hieroglyphic [writing]), {{m|grc|ἱερόγλυφος||carver of hieroglyphs}} (Ptolemy), a compound of {{m|grc|ἱερός||sacred, holy}} and {{m|grc|γλυφή||carved work}}, a [[calque]] of {{der|en|egy|mdw nṯr||the god’s word}}, <hiero>nTr-md</hiero>.<ref>{{R:egy:Allen|pages=2, 177}}</ref></div>
<div>First attested around 1598, a back-formation from {{m|en|hieroglyphic}} (1580s), from {{der|en|frm|hiéroglyphique}}, from {{der|en|LL.|hieroglyphicus}}, from {{der|en|grc|ἱερογλυφικός}} (Plutarch τά ἱερογλυφικά [γράμματα] "hieroglyphic [writing]), {{m|grc|ἱερόγλυφος||carver of hieroglyphs}} (Ptolemy), a compound of {{m|grc|ἱερός||sacred, holy}} and {{m|grc|γλυφή||carved work}}, a [[calque]] of {{der|en|egy|mdw nṯr||the god’s word}}, <hiero>nTr-md</hiero>.<ref>{{R:egy:Allen|pages=2, 177}}</ref> {{surf|en|apo|-logy}}


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===

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English

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Egyptian hieroglyphs typical of the Graeco-Roman period.

Etymology

First attested around 1598, a back-formation from hieroglyphic (1580s), from Middle French hiéroglyphique, from Late Latin hieroglyphicus, from Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός (hierogluphikós) (Plutarch τά ἱερογλυφικά [γράμματα] "hieroglyphic [writing]), ἱερόγλυφος (hierógluphos, “carver of hieroglyphs”) (Ptolemy), a compound of ἱερός (hierós, “sacred, holy”) and γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carved work”), a calque of Egyptian mdw nṯr (“the god’s word”),
nTrmd
.[1] By surface analysis, apo +‎ -logy

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ.ɹəˌɡlɪf/, /ˈhaɪ.ɹəʊˌɡlɪf/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈhaɪɚ.əˌɡlɪf/, /ˈhaɪɚ.oʊˌɡlɪf/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Hyphenation: hie‧ro‧glyph, hier‧o‧glyph

Noun

hieroglyph (plural hieroglyphs)

  1. An element of an ideographic (hieroglyphic) writing system.
  2. (informal) Any obscure or baffling symbol.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

hieroglyph (third-person singular simple present hieroglyphs, present participle hieroglyphing, simple past and past participle hieroglyphed)

  1. To represent by hieroglyphs.

References

  1. ^ James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 2, 177.
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