senet

Meaning

Noun

  • An Ancient Egyptian board game, probably played as a strategy game similar to chess or go.

Origin

  • Borrowed from Egyptian znt — hieroglyphs: z:n-t:N24The full name of the game in Egyptian was znt nt ḥꜥb, which means "game of passing".

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