Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heqat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: heqat
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Ancient Egyptian dry measure of volume equivalent to 10 hins (or about 4.8 litres).

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian ḥqꜣt, H-q:t-:U9.

Origin

Source language: Egyptian

Word Breakdown

Root: ḥqꜣt

Inflected Forms

heqats (plural) hekat (alternative)

Questions

What does heqat mean?: An Ancient Egyptian dry measure of volume equivalent to 10 hins (or about 4.8 litres).
Where does heqat come from?: It is traced to Egyptian.

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