ḫpr-ḏs.f
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Egyptian
Etymology
ḫpr (“(one who) came into being”) + ḏs (“self”) + .f (“his”), thus literally ‘He Who Came into Being by Himself’.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /xɛpɛr d͡ʒɛsʔɛf/
- Conventional anglicization: kheper-djes.ef
Proper noun
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References
- James P Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 147.