Ankh

//æŋk//

Synonyms for "ankh" (61 found)

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Closest matches (13)

Noun(1 words)
ansate cross

Strong matches (18)

Noun(1 words)
crux ansata

Related words (30)

Noun(2 words)
egyptian crosstau

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dbpedia genre

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Translations

32 translations across 24 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • anch noun (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)
  • ankh noun (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)

Arabic

1 entries
  • عَنْخ noun (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • anx noun (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)

Catalan

2 entries
  • ankh noun (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)
  • creu ansada noun (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • T形十字章 noun (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)
  • 生命之符 noun (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)

Coptic

1 entries
  • ⲱⲛϧ noun (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)

Czech

2 entries
  • anch noun (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)
  • nilský kříž noun (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)

Danish

2 entries
  • ankh noun (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)
  • hankekors noun (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • anĥo noun (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)

Finnish

1 entries
  • ankh noun (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)

French

2 entries
  • ankh noun (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)
  • ânkh noun (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ანკხი noun (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)

German

1 entries
  • Anch noun (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • ʻānaka noun (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • ankh noun (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)

Japanese

1 entries
  • アンク noun (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)

Korean

1 entries
  • 앙크 noun (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)

Latin

1 entries
  • crux ansāta noun (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)

Polish

1 entries
  • anch m ankh noun (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • ankh noun (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)

Russian

2 entries
  • анкх noun (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)
  • анх noun (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)

Spanish

1 entries
  • anj noun (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)

Swedish

1 entries
  • ankh noun (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)

Turkish

2 entries
  • ankh noun (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)
  • nil'in anahtarı noun (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

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On temple wall paintings, the ankh is often seen being carried by gods who hold it up to the nose of the pharaoh. This gesture symbolizes the offering of the "breath of life" or eternity. Sometimes the pharaoh is also depicted with a stream of water in the form of ankhs being poured over him during a purification ritual.

Source: wiktionary

The ankh combines the male and female sexual symbols: a female oval surmounting a male cross. It was also called the Key of the Nile, and was said to represent the sacred marriage between the God and Goddess which took place each year at the source of the Nile before the river flooded. Egyptians regarded the ankh as a universal life charm.

Source: wiktionary

Now, the ankh that Thoth always held hovered in the air between Sekhmet and the Magus, and both fixed their gaze upon it.

Source: wiktionary

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