jrj ḫprw
Egyptian
Etymology
jrj (“to do, to make”) + ḫprw (“form”).
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /iri xɛpruː/
- Conventional anglicization: iri khepru
Verb
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compound
- (chiefly of gods and the dead) to take on a new form (+ m: to assume the form of, to transform into, to manifest as)
- to grow up (somewhere), to undergo one’s upbringing (in some place)
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jrj ḫprw
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References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 266.12–266.17
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 189