mẖ
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Egyptian
Etymology
If the writing is an abbreviated form of jmj-ẖt, possibly from jmj (“being in”) + ẖt (“group of gods”), thus literally meaning ‘(the one) being in the group of gods (i.e. the Ennead)’.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɛç/
- Conventional anglicization: mekh
Proper noun
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- a male given name of historical usage, notably borne by the Predynastic king Mekh
References
- von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 45, 169
- Baker, D. D. (2008) The Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs: Volume I — Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty 3300–1069 BC, page 196