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Egyptian
Etymology
ḏd (“enduring, lasting”) + kꜣ (“life-force”) + ḥr (“Horus”) in two direct genitive constructions, thus ‘the enduring (one) of the life-force of Horus’.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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- A throne name notably borne by Djedkare Isesi, a pharaoh of the Fifth Dynasty
References
- Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 40
- von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 55, 183