hieroglyphic

• صفة تتعلق بنظام الكتابة الهيروغليفية التي تستخدم رموزًا تصويرية، وخاصة في مصر القديمة. وتُستعمل مجازًا لوصف شيء صعب القراءة أو الفهم أو فك الرموز.

Relating to or resembling a system of writing using pictorial symbols, especially that of ancient Egypt; also used figuratively to describe something difficult to read or decipher.

1. Relating to ancient writingB2formal

   Of or relating to a writing system that uses pictorial symbols, especially ancient Egyptian.

   هيروغليفي

   • The tomb walls were covered in hieroglyphic inscriptions.
   • She studied hieroglyphic writing at the university.
   • The museum displayed a hieroglyphic tablet from the pharaoh's era.

   المرادفاتpictographicpictorialsymbolic

2. Difficult to read or understandC1informal

   Used figuratively to describe something that is hard to decipher or interpret.

   غامض غير مفهوم

   • His handwriting is completely hieroglyphic to me.
   • The instructions were so hieroglyphic that nobody could follow them.
   • The ancient map was hieroglyphic in its complexity.

   المرادفاتabstrusebafflingcrypticenigmaticillegibleimpenetrableindecipherableinscrutableobscurepuzzlingunintelligibleunreadable

   الأضدادclearcomprehensibledecipherablelegiblereadableunderstandable

• اسم يشير إلى الرمز أو العلامة المستخدمة في الكتابة الهيروغليفية، وخاصة الكتابة المصرية القديمة، أو أي نظام كتابي يعتمد على رموز تصويرية.

A noun referring to a character or symbol used in ancient Egyptian writing, or more broadly, any writing system that uses pictorial symbols.

1. Ancient Egyptian writing symbolB2formal

   A character used in the ancient Egyptian writing system, consisting of pictures and symbols representing words or sounds.

   هيروغليفية

   • The tomb walls were covered with intricate hieroglyphics.
   • Scholars spent years deciphering the meaning of each hieroglyphic.
   • The Rosetta Stone helped translate ancient hieroglyphics into Greek.

2. Illegible or mysterious writingB2informal

   Any writing or symbols that are difficult to read or understand, often used informally.

   كتابة غير مفهومة

   • The doctor's prescription looked like hieroglyphics to me.
   • His notes were a mess of hieroglyphics that no one could decipher.
   • The ancient manuscript was filled with strange hieroglyphics.

   المرادفاتchicken scratchciphercryptogramgibberishmumbo jumboscrawlscribblesquiggle