Tutankhamun

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English

The mask of Tutankhamon.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian
imn
n
tw&tanx
(twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn, literally Living Image of Amun). The variant spellings of the final vowel are taken from variant forms of the name of the god Amun as found in various different sources: u from Coptic ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ (amoun), o from Ancient Greek Ἄμμων (Ámmōn), and e from the purely conventional system of Egyptological pronunciation.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌtu.tɑŋˈkɑ.mən/, /ˌtu.tæŋˈkɑ.mən/, /ˌtutn̩ˈkɑmən/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌtuːtənˈkɑːmən/

Proper noun

Tutankhamun

  1. Ancient Egyptian pharaoh known for his young age and his tomb, which was preserved intact to the modern age.

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Proper noun

Tutankhamun m

  1. Alternative form of Tutancâmon