twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn-ḥqꜣ-jwnw-šmꜥw
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Egyptian
Etymology
twt (“image”) + ꜥnḫ (“living”) + jmn (“Amun”) + ḥqꜣ (“ruler”) + jwnw-šmꜥw (“Thebes”, literally “Heliopolis of Upper Egypt”), thus literally meaning ‘The Living Image of Amun, Ruler of the Heliopolis of Upper Egypt ’. The compound is based on the pharaoh’s earlier name, twt-ꜥnḫ-jtn (literally “living image of the Aten”). A shorter form of twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn-ḥqꜣ-jwnw-šmꜥw is found as twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn (“Tutankhamon”).
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /tuːt ɑːnx imɛn hɛkɑ iuːnuː ʃɛmɑːuː/
- Conventional anglicization: tut-ankh-amen-heqa-iunu-shemau
Proper noun
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- A male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Tutankhamon-Heqaiunushemau, notably borne by Tutankhamon-Heqaiunushemau, a pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty
References
- Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN