jkꜣw-ḥr
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Egyptian
Etymology
Uncertain. Like many fifth-dynasty pharaohs’ birth names, this name may simply be a diminutive without any meaning of its own, perhaps of the pharaoh’s throne name mn-kꜣw-ḥr (in which case it may not be the actual name given at birth).
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ikɑuː hɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: ikau-hor
Proper noun
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- A given name of historical usage, notably borne by Menkauhor Kaiu, 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