ḫprj
Egyptian
Etymology
A nominalized use of the imperfective active participle of ḫpr (“to come into being”), thus literally ‘the one coming into being’.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /xɛpri/
- Conventional anglicization: khepri
Proper noun
m
- Khepri, the god personifying the morning sun
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫprj
ḫpr |
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 149.