On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Ankh. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Ankh meaning
- A cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top, the Egyptian hieroglyph representing the Egyptian triliteral ꜥnḫ (“life”) and often used as an amulet or charm for this concept.
- A tau cross.
Using Ankh
- The main meaning on this page is: A cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top, the Egyptian hieroglyph representing the Egyptian triliteral ꜥnḫ (“life”) and often used as an amulet or charm for this concept. | A tau cross.
- In the example corpus, ankh often appears in combinations such as: per ankh.
Context around Ankh
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 7 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ankh
- In this selection, "ankh" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, per, include, disc, morpork, shaped and life stand out and add context to how "ankh" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as an ankh a t and by the ankh morpork assassins. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ankh" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ankh
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Egyptian hieroglyphs involving cross shapes include ankh "life", ndj "protect" and nfr "good; pleasant, beautiful". (15 words)
Three further "mapps", have been released, focusing on particular regions of the Disc: Ankh-Morpork, Lancre, and Death's Domain. (20 words)
It was primarily an occupation of the scribes, who worked out of the Per Ankh institution or the House of Life. (21 words)
During the opening credits of the SKY One adaptation of Sir Terry Pratchett 's Christmas story " The Hogfather ", a portrait of Goldsmith is shown as part of a hall of memarials to those "exhumed" by the " Ankh-Morpork Assassins' Guild ". (40 words)
No statues of Aten were allowed; those were seen as idolatry. citation However, these were typically replaced by functionally equivalent representations of Akhenaten and his family venerating the Aten, and receiving the ankh ( breath of life) from him. (38 words)
Strouhal (1989) p. 243 Training of physicians took place at the Per Ankh or "House of Life" institution, most notably those headquartered in Per-Bastet during the New Kingdom and at Abydos and Saïs in the Late period. (38 words)
Example sentences (10)
He was convicted of Hayley’s murder largely on the evidence of an ankh-shaped earring found in 2013 when a car bench seat cover was examined at the state forensic laboratory.
During the opening credits of the SKY One adaptation of Sir Terry Pratchett 's Christmas story " The Hogfather ", a portrait of Goldsmith is shown as part of a hall of memarials to those "exhumed" by the " Ankh-Morpork Assassins' Guild ".
Egyptian hieroglyphs involving cross shapes include ankh "life", ndj "protect" and nfr "good; pleasant, beautiful".
It was primarily an occupation of the scribes, who worked out of the Per Ankh institution or the House of Life.
No statues of Aten were allowed; those were seen as idolatry. citation However, these were typically replaced by functionally equivalent representations of Akhenaten and his family venerating the Aten, and receiving the ankh ( breath of life) from him.
Pratchett was a crime novel fan, which was reflected in frequent appearances of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch in the Discworld series.
Re supposedly gave warmth to the living body, symbolised as an ankh : a "T" shaped amulet with a looped upper half.
Strouhal (1989) p. 243 Training of physicians took place at the Per Ankh or "House of Life" institution, most notably those headquartered in Per-Bastet during the New Kingdom and at Abydos and Saïs in the Late period.
This is a game where each player has a secret victory condition, usually relating to owning buildings in, or controlling, various areas of the city of Ankh-Morpork.
Three further "mapps", have been released, focusing on particular regions of the Disc: Ankh-Morpork, Lancre, and Death's Domain.
Common combinations with ankh
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: