hieroglyph

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Noun

1. An element (individual sign or glyph) of a hieroglyphic writing system.
2. An element (individual sign or glyph) of a hieroglyphic writing system.
3. (informal) Any obscure or baffling symbol.

Verb

To represent by hieroglyphs.

Hevwate

hieroglyphic

ideograph

hieroglyphics

pictograph

calligraphy

hieroglyphic character

en

hieroglyphs

Werger

hiéroglyphe

Hieroglyphe

jeroglífico

jeroglífic

geroglifico

hiyeroglif

hieróglifo

ieroglif

hiëroglief

hiéroglyphique

hierogliefenschrift

ιερογλυφικά

γρίφος

Bilderrätsel

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ˈhaɪ.ɹəˌɡlɪf/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

First attested around 1598, a back-formation from hieroglyphic (1580s), from Middle French hiéroglyphique, from Late Latin hieroglyphicus, from Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός (hierogluphikós) (Plutarch τά ἱερογλυφικά [γράμματα] "hieroglyphic [writing]), ἱερόγλυφος (hierógluphos, “carver of hieroglyphs”) (Ptolemy), a compound of ἱερός (hierós, “sacred, holy”) and γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carved work”), a calque of Egyptian mdw-nṯr (“the god’s word”), nTr-md. By surface analysis, hiero- + glyph.