jj-m-ḥtp
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Egyptian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
jj (“coming”, perfective active participle of jj (“to come, to return”)) + m ḥtp (“in peace, safely”), thus ‘(the one) coming in peace’, ‘(the one) returning home safely’.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /iʔi ɛm hɛtɛp/, /iʔi ɛm hotɛp/
- Conventional anglicization: ii-em-hetep, ii-em-hotep
Proper noun[edit]
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- A male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Imhotep, notably borne by Imhotep.
- (Egyptian mythology) Imhotep, a deified administrator and architect
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References[edit]
- Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen[1], volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 9.2