Hieroglyphs Meaning in English

word · lemma: hieroglyph

US

ˌhaɪɹoʊˈɡɫɪfs

HY-roh-GLIFS

UK

hˈaɪəɹəɡlˌɪfz

HY-uh-ruh-GLIFS

التعريف

Hieroglyphs are symbols or pictures that were used as a writing system, especially in ancient Egypt, where each symbol often represented a word or sound.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Mostly refers to Egyptian writing, but can be used for other ancient pictorial scripts. Not used for modern symbols or emojis. Commonly appears in historical or archaeological contexts.

• Spanish: jeroglíficos
• Portuguese (BR): hieróglifos
• Portuguese (PT): hieróglifos
• Chinese (Simplified): 象形文字
• Chinese (Traditional): 象形文字
• Hindi: चित्रलिपि
• Arabic: الرموز الهيروغليفية
• Bengali: হায়রোগ্লিফ - চিত্রলিপি (প্রাচীন লেখার সংকেত)
• Russian: иероглифы
• Japanese: ヒエログリフ - 象形文字
• Vietnamese: chữ tượng hình Ai Cập
• Korean: 상형문자
• Turkish: hiyeroglif
• Urdu: قدیم مصری تصویری تحریر - ہیروگلف
• Indonesian: hieroglif - aksara hieroglif

جمل نموذجية

Ancient Egyptians used hieroglyphs to write on walls.

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Many hieroglyphs look like animals or people.

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It took years to understand Egyptian hieroglyphs.

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Can you believe how detailed those hieroglyphs are on the temple walls?

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Scholars were thrilled when they finally cracked the code of hieroglyphs.

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To me, math equations sometimes look like hieroglyphs!

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