# serekh

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. In Egyptian hieroglyphs, a rectangular enclosure consisting of a depiction of a palace façade and a top-down view of a royal courtyard containing the Horus name of a pharaoh, usually topped by a Horus falcon.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Egyptian s-r:x-O33 (srḫ, “palace façade”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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