Tutankhamun

English

The mask of Tutankhamon.

Alternative forms

• Tutankhamen
• Tutankhamon

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian

(twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn, literally “Living Image of Amun”). The variant spellings of the final vowel are due to different historical reconstructions of Egyptian.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌtu.tɑŋˈkɑ.mən/, /ˌtu.tæŋˈkɑ.mən/, /ˌtutn̩ˈkɑmən/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌtuːtənˈkɑːmən/

Proper noun

Tutankhamun

1. Ancient Egyptian pharaoh known for his young age and his tomb, which was preserved intact to the modern age.

Derived terms

• Tut (nickname)

Translations

Egyptian pharaoh

• Afrikaans: Toetankamen m
• Arabic: تُوت عَنْخ آمُون (ar) m (tūt ʕanḵ ʔāmūn)
• Armenian: Թութանհամոն (Tʻutʻanhamon)
• Assamese: তুতাংসামোন (tutaṅxamün)
• Asturian: Tutankamón
• Azerbaijani: Tutanhamon
• Belarusian: Тутанхамо́н (Tutanxamón)
• Bengali: তুতানখামেন (tutankhamen)
• Breton: Toutânkhamon
• Bulgarian: Тутанкамо́н (Tutankamón)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 圖坦卡蒙／图坦卡蒙 (zh) (Tútǎnkǎmēng)

• Czech: Tutanchamon m
• Dutch: Toetanchamon m, Toetankhamon m
• Esperanto: Tutanĥamono
• Finnish: Tutankhamon
• French: Toutânkhamon (fr) m
• Georgian: ტუტანხამონი (ṭuṭanxamoni)
• German: Tutenchamun m (usual), Tutanchamun (de) m (sciences)
• Greek: Τουταγχαμών (el) m (Toutanchamón)
• Hebrew: תוּת עָנח' אָמוֹן m (tūt ʿanḵ amōn)
• Hindi: तुथंखमुन m (tuthaṅkhmun)
• Hungarian: Tutanhamon (hu)
• Irish: Tútancáman
• Italian: Tutankhamon
• Japanese: ツタンカーメン (Tsutankāmen)
• Korean: 투탕카멘 (tutangkamen)
• Latin: Tutanchamunus m (post-Classical)
• Marathi: तुतांखामुन m (tutāṅkhāmun)
• Persian: توت‌انخ‌آمون, توت‌عنخ‌آمون, توتنخآمِن
• Polish: Tutanchamon (pl) m
• Portuguese: Tutancâmon m (Brazil), Tutancámon m (Portugal), Tutankhamon m
• Punjabi: ਤੂਤਨਖ਼ਾਮੁਨ (tūtnaxāmun)
• Russian: Тутанхамо́н m (Tutanxamón)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Bosnian: Тутанчамон

  Cyrillic: Тутанкамон m, Тутанкамен, Тутанхамон m

  Roman: Tutankamon m, Tutankamen, Tutanhamon m

• Slovak: Tutanchámon m
• Slovene: Tutankamon m
• Spanish: Tutanjamón, Tutankhamon, Tutankamón
• Swedish: Tutankhamun
• Tagalog: Tutankhamun
• Thai: ฟาโรห์ตุตันคามุน (Fāroh̄̒ thu txạngkh̒ xā mun)
• Turkish: Tutankamon
• Uzbek: Tutanxamon
• Vietnamese: Tutankhamun
• Yiddish: טוטאַנכאַמון (tutankhamun)

Further reading

• Tutankhamun on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Proper noun

Tutankhamun m

1. Alternative form of Tutancâmon