twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn-ḥqꜣ-jwnw-šmꜥw

Egyptian

Etymology

twt (“image”) +‎ ꜥnḫ (“living”) +‎ jmn (“Amun”) +‎ ḥqꜣ (“ruler”) +‎ jwnw (“Heliopolis”) +‎ šmꜥw (“Upper Egypt”), thus literally meaning ‘The Living Image of Amun, Ruler of the Heliopolis of Upper Egypt [i.e. Thebes]’. The compound is based on the pharaoh’s earlier name, twt-ꜥnḫ-jtn (literally “living image of the Aten”). A shorter form of twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn-ḥqꜣ-jwnw-šmꜥw is found as twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn (“Tutankhamon”).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /tuːt ɑːnx imɛn ħɛkɑ iuːnuː ʃɛmɑːuː/
- Conventional anglicization: tut-ankh-amen-heqa-iunu-shemau

Proper noun

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a male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Tutankhamon-Heqaiunushemau, a pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty

References

Leprohon, Ronald (2013), Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN