twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn

twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn

Egyptian

Etymology

twt (“image”) +‎ ꜥnḫ (“living”) +‎ jmn (“Amun”), with twt and jmn in a direct genitive construction. The compound is based on the pharaoh’s earlier name, twt-ꜥnḫ-jtn (literally “living image of the Aten”). A longer form of twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn is found as twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn-ḥqꜣ-jwnw-šmꜥw.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /təˈwaːtəʔ ˈʕaːnəχ ʔaˈmaːnəʔ/ → /təˈwoːt ˈʕoːnəχ ʔaˈmoːn/

• (Medio-Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /təˈwaːtəʔ ˈʕaːnəχ ʔaˈmaːnəʔ/
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /təˈwoːt ˈʕoːnəχ ʔaˈmoːn/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /tuːt ɑːnx imɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: tut-ankh-amen

Proper noun

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1. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Tutankhamon, a pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty, literally ‘The Living Image of Amun’.