wꜣḥ-nsyt-mj-rꜥ-m-pt

Egyptian

Etymology

wꜣḥ (“to endure”) +‎ nsyt (“kingship”) +‎ mj (“like”) +‎ rꜥ (“the sun, Ra”) +‎ m (“in”) +‎ pt (“sky”), thus literally ‘Enduring of Kingship like the Sun (Ra) in the Sky’.

Pronunciation

  • (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /wɑh nɛsiːt mi rɑː ɛm pɛt/
    • Conventional anglicization: wah-nesyt-mi-ra-em-pet

Proper noun

 m

  1. a Two Ladies name notably borne by Tuthmosis III, a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty

References

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