Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

senet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

Syllables
senet
IPA
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Etymology

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”).

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Inflected Forms

senat (alternative)

Questions

What does senet mean?
An Ancient Egyptian board game, probably played as a strategy game similar to chess or go.
Where does senet come from?
It is traced to Egyptian.

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