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"4": "carver of hieroglyphs"
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"4": "carved work"
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"etymology_text": "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.",
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"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"word": "hiëroglief"
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"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
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"roman": "hiroḡlifiyya",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "هِيرُوغْلِيفِيَّة"
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"roman": "hieroglif",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"word": "հիերոգլիֆ"
},
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"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
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"code": "az",
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"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"word": "heroqlif"
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"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
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"masculine"
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "hjeróhlif",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
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"masculine"
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"word": "геро́гліф"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "haẏarōgliph",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"word": "হায়ারোগ্লিফ"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "jeroglíf",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "йерогли́ф"
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"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "a.rupca",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"word": "အရုပ်စာ"
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"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiàngxíng wénzì",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"word": "象形文字"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"word": "圖畫文字"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "túhuà wénzì",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"word": "图画文字"
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"code": "cop",
"lang": "Coptic",
"roman": "shai n̅sah pran̅š̅",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"tags": [
"Sahidic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛ̅ⲥⲁϩ ⲡⲣⲁⲛ̅ϣ̅"
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
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"masculine"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
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"lang": "Dutch",
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"word": "hieroglüüf"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xeróglifo"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ieroglipi",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"word": "იეროგლიფი"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ieroglyfikós",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ιερογλυφικός"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"word": "lalinoka"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "הִירוֹגְלִיף"
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "hīyeroglif",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"word": "हीयेरोग्लिफ़"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"word": "hieroglifa"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"word": "hieroglif"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "iairiglif"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "geroglifico"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"alt": "しょうけいもじ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shōkei moji",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"word": "象形文字"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hierogurifu",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"word": "ヒエログリフ"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "seikoku",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"word": "聖刻"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ieroglif",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"word": "иероглиф"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "vŏətthoʼ leikhaʼnaa",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"word": "វត្ថុលេខនា"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sanghyeongmunja",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"word": "상형문자"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hierogeullipeu",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"word": "히에로글리프"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "iyeroglif",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"word": "иероглиф"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "hieroglifs"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "hieroglif",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"word": "hieroglif"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
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"masculine"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "ieroglif"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "hiroglif",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"word": "هیروگلیف"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "hieroglif"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"word": "hieróglifo"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
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"feminine"
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"word": "hieroglifă"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ijeróglif",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"tags": [
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"word": "heroglipiko"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
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"lang": "Tajik",
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
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"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ijeróhlif",
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"masculine"
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"word": "ієро́гліф"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"word": "iyeroglif"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "element of hieroglyphic writing system",
"word": "chữ tượng hình"
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"(informal) Any obscure or baffling symbol."
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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"ipa": "/ˈhaɪ.ɹəʊˌɡlɪf/",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhaɪɚ.əˌɡlɪf/",
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"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhaɪɚ.oʊˌɡlɪf/",
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"General-American"
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},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "hieroglyphic"
},
"expansion": "hieroglyphic",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "frm",
"3": "hiéroglyphique"
},
"expansion": "Middle French hiéroglyphique",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "LL.",
"3": "hieroglyphicus"
},
"expansion": "Late Latin hieroglyphicus",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "ἱερογλυφικός"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός (hierogluphikós)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ἱερόγλυφος",
"3": "",
"4": "carver of hieroglyphs"
},
"expansion": "ἱερόγλυφος (hierógluphos, “carver of hieroglyphs”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ἱερός",
"3": "",
"4": "sacred, holy"
},
"expansion": "ἱερός (hierós, “sacred, holy”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "γλυφή",
"3": "",
"4": "carved work"
},
"expansion": "γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carved work”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "egy",
"3": "mdw-nṯr",
"4": "",
"5": "the god’s word"
},
"expansion": "Egyptian mdw-nṯr (“the god’s word”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "hiero-",
"3": "glyph"
},
"expansion": "By surface analysis, hiero- + glyph",
"name": "surf"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "hieroglyphs",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hieroglyphing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "hieroglyphed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "hieroglyphed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "hieroglyph (third-person singular simple present hieroglyphs, present participle hieroglyphing, simple past and past participle hieroglyphed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"hie‧ro‧glyph"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To represent by hieroglyphs."
],
"links": [
[
"represent",
"represent"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈhaɪ.ɹəˌɡlɪf/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhaɪ.ɹəʊˌɡlɪf/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhaɪɚ.əˌɡlɪf/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhaɪɚ.oʊˌɡlɪf/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hieroglyph.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b8/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-hieroglyph.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-hieroglyph.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b8/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-hieroglyph.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-hieroglyph.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"hieroglyph"
],
"word": "hieroglyph"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": taraškievica vs. hjeróhlif",
"path": [
"hieroglyph"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "hieroglyph",
"trace": ""
}
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