hieroglyf
Danish
[hioˈɡ̊lyf]
noun
Definitions
- a hieroglyph Ancient Egyptian writing system and similar writing systems in Antiquity
- a scribble difficult handwriting
Etymology
Derived from French hiéroglyphe derived from Latin hieroglyphicus derived from Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός, ἱερός (holy, sacred, supernatural, holy sign) + Ancient Greek γλυφή (carving, incision, carved work).
Origin
Ancient Greek
γλυφή
Gloss
carving, incision, carved work
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hiera picra English
- hierography English
- hierophany English
- hieroglyphicus Latin
- hierographicus Latin
- iero- Italian
- aglyphe French
- glyphe French
- hiéroglyphe French
- jeroglífico Spanish, Castilian
- γλυφή Ancient Greek
- γλύφω Ancient Greek
- ἀρχός Ancient Greek
- ἱέρεια Ancient Greek
- ἱεράρχης Ancient Greek
- ἱεραρχία Ancient Greek
- ἱεροβοτάνη Ancient Greek
- ἱερογλυφικός Ancient Greek
- ἱεροθήκη Ancient Greek
- ἱεροφάντης Ancient Greek
- ἱεροφύλαξ Ancient Greek
- ἱερόγλυφος Ancient Greek
- ἱερόδουλος Ancient Greek
- ἱερόμυρτος Ancient Greek
- ἱερός Ancient Greek
- Ἱεράπολις Ancient Greek
- Ἱεροκλῆς Ancient Greek
- Ἱεροφῶν Ancient Greek
- Ἱερώνυμος Ancient Greek
- *ish₁ros Proto-Indo-European
- hieroglyf Norwegian Bokmål
- hieroglif Polish
- hieroglyf Norwegian Nynorsk
- hierarki Danish
- יְרוּשָׁלַיִם Hebrew (modern)