hieroglyph

English - Turkish

Definition of hieroglyph in English Turkish dictionary

resimyazı

{i} hiyeroglif

Hiyerogliflerle nasıl Cleopatra yazıyorsunuz? - How do you write Cleopatra in hieroglyphs?

Tom Mısır hiyerogliflerini okuyabilir. - Tom can read Egyptian hieroglyphs.

{i} anlaşılması zor yazı

{i} okunaksız yazı

anlaşılmaz ve okunmaz yazı

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hieroglyphics

resimyazı

hieroglyphics

hiyeroglif

Biz aslında bunun farkında olmadan hiyeroglifle yazıyoruz. - We are basically writing in hieroglyphics without being aware of it.

hieroglyphics

hiyografik yazı

hieroglyphics

{i} gizli simge

hieroglyphics

{i} hiyeroglif yazılar

hieroglyphics

{i} anlaşılması zor yazılar

English - English

Definition of hieroglyph in English English dictionary

an element of an ideographic (hieroglyphic) writing system

Any character or figure which has, or is supposed to have, a hidden or mysterious significance; hence, any unintelligible or illegible character or mark

writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)

It is made up of three, or, as some say, four classes of characters: first, the hieroglyphic proper, or figurative, in which the representation of the object conveys the idea of the object itself; second, the ideographic, consisting of symbols representing ideas, not sounds, as an ostrich feather is a symbol of truth; third, the phonetic, consisting of symbols employed as syllables of a word, or as letters of the alphabet, having a certain sound, as a hawk represented the vowel a

{i} picture used to represent a word or idea; symbol that conveys an idea nonverbally

A sacred character; a character in picture writing, as of the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc

a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt

an element of an ideographic writing system

A picture of a figure, animal or object, standing for a word, syllable, or sound These symbols are found on ancient Egyptian monuments as well as in their written records

Specifically, in the plural, the picture writing of the ancient Egyptian priests

{i} hieroglyphic symbol, pictorial symbol which represents a word or sound (used in the pictographic script of the ancient Egyptians)

a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)

a Greek word meaning "sacred symbol " In Egypt, one of some seven hundred signs used in writing (considerably more if one counts signs used exclusively in the Old Kingdom and the periods after the New Kingdom) "Hieroglyphs" refers to the signs themselves; "hieroglyphic script" is Egyptian writing (Calling the signs "hieroglyphics" is incorrect )

[writ] Symbols found on ancient Egyptian monuments to convey meanings, words or sounds; precursor to the alphabet

Hieroglyphs are symbols in the form of pictures, which are used in some writing systems, especially those of ancient Egypt. = hieroglyphics. Character in any of several systems of writing that is pictorial in nature, though not necessarily in the way it is read. The term was originally used for the oldest system of writing Ancient Egyptian (see Egyptian language). Egyptian hieroglyphs could be read iconically (the representation of a house enclosure stood for the word pr, "house"), phonetically (the "house" sign could have the phonetic value pr), or associatively (a sign representing one thing could stand for a homophone meaning something else). Unlike contemporary cuneiform writing, phonetic hieroglyphs denoted consonants, not syllables, so there was no regular way to write vowels; by convention, Egyptologists insert the vowel e between consonants in order to pronounce Egyptian words. The standardized orthography of the Middle Kingdom (2050-1750 BC) employed about 750 hieroglyphs. In the early centuries AD, use of hieroglyphs declined the last dated text is from AD 394 and the meaning of the signs was lost until their decipherment in the early 19th century (see J.-F. Champollion; Rosetta Stone). The term hieroglyph has been applied to similar systems of writing, notably a script used to write the ancient Anatolian language Luvian and a script used by the Maya (see Mayan hieroglyphic writing)

hierogram

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hieroglyphics

A system of writing in which the characters consist of realistic or stylized pictures of actual objects, animals, or human beings (whole or part) The Egyptian hieroglyphic script is the best known, but by no means the only one Compare cuneiform

hieroglyphics

a form of picture writing in which some pictures stand for ideas or things and others stand for sounds

hieroglyphics

A word of Greek origin, meaning ‘holy carvings’ Picture-like writing that was used in Egypt from about 3000 BC, only for religious and royal texts Jean-Francois Champollion decoded it in 1822 with the help of the famous Rosette-stone

hieroglyphics

Hieroglyphics are symbols in the form of pictures which are used in some writing systems, for example those of ancient Egypt. = hieroglyphs. a system of writing that uses pictures to represent words (hiéroglyphique, from , from , from hieros ( HIERARCHY) + glyphein )

hieroglyphics

Literal Meaning: Sacred Engraved Writing Writing system used in Ancient Egypt

hieroglyphics

plural of hieroglyphic

hieroglyphics

used by the ancient Egyptians, a system of writing which used symbols (hieroglyphs) rather than letters or words

hieroglyphics

{i} pictographic script of the ancient Egyptians

hieroglyphics

Egyptian language using symbols drawn as phonograms or ideograms

hieroglyphics

arrow characters

hieroglyphs

The ancient Egyptian writing which used symbols based on animals, humans/gods and implements

hieroglyphs

An early form of writing using phonograms, logograms and determinatives arranged in horizontal and vertical lines

hieroglyphs

plural of hieroglyph

hieroglyphs

from the Greek for "sacred carvings," the oldest form of Egyptian writing, composed of pictograms (pictures of objects), phonograms (symbols representing sounds), and ideograms (symbols that determine the meaning of words) It continued to be used for monumental writing until approximately 394 AD Simplified, hieroglyphs can be thought of as printing, while hieratic as handwriting

Hyphenation

hi·er·o·glyph

Etymology

() {c. 1598} , back-formation from hieroglyphic, Middle French hiéroglyphique, from Late Latin hieroglyphicus, from Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός (hieroglyphikós), derivative of ἱερογλυφη (hieroglyphē) 'hieroglyphs', compound of ἱερός (hierós) 'sacred, holy' and γλύφη (glyphē) 'carved work', a translation of Ancient Egyptian R8-S43-Z3 mdw nṯr 'god's words'.