ꜥnḫ.tj

Egyptian

Etymology

ꜥnḫ (“to live”) +‎ .tj (third-person feminine singular stative ending), literally meaning ‘alive’.

Pronunciation

Interjection
  1. an honorific phrase used after the names of queens and princesses.

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.
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