psmṯk
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Egyptian
Etymology
Uncertain; one possible derivation, based on the attested longer form pꜣ-zꜣ-n-mṯk, is p(ꜣ) (“the”) + z(ꜣ) (“man”) + n(j) (“of”) + mṯk (“the Libyan deity Meṯek”), thus ‘the man of Meṯek’.
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /psaˈmaːt͡ʃək/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /pɛsmɛt͡ʃɛk/
- Conventional anglicization: pesmetjek
Proper noun
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- a male given name, Psamtik
Alternative forms
Descendants
- → Ancient Greek: Ψαμμήτιχος (Psammḗtikhos)
- Greek: Ψαμμήτιχος (Psammítichos)
- → Latin: Psammētichus
- → English: Psammetichus
References
- Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, pages 165–167
- von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 111–112, 274–276
- Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen, volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 136.8
- ^ Ray, J. D. (1990) “The names Psammetichus and Takheta”, in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, volume 76, , →JSTOR, retrieved 19 August 2022, pages 196–199