jꜥḥ-ḥtp

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Egyptian

Etymology

jꜥḥ (“Iah/the moon”) +‎ ḥtp (“to be content”) +‎ (.w) (masculine singular stative ending), thus literally ‘Iah/the moon is content’.

Pronunciation

(reconstructed Old Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈjaʕħuw ˈħatpaw/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iɑːh hɛtɛp/
- Conventional anglicization: iah-hetep

Proper noun

f

a female given name, Ahhotep

References

Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen‎, volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 13.8

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