ꜥnḫ ḏt
Egyptian
Etymology
ꜥnḫ (“to live”) + (.w) (third-person masculine singular stative ending) + ḏt (“forever”), literally meaning ‘alive forever’.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɑːnx d͡ʒɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: ankh djet
Interjection
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- an honorific phrase used after the nomen or praenomen of a (male) pharaoh.
See also
- ꜥnḫ.tj ḏt
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 221.
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 116