ḥr-ḏd.f

Egyptian

Etymology

ḥr (“Horus”) +‎ ḏd (“stability”) +‎ .f (“his”), thus ‘Horus is his stability’. Possibly, if the name is written with honorific transposition, it could also be ḏd (“endures”) +‎ .f (“he”) +‎ ḥr (“Horus”), thus ‘He endures, (namely) Horus’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛr d͡ʒɛdʔɛf/
  • Conventional anglicization: hor-djed.ef

Proper noun

 m

1. a male given name, Hordjedef or Djedefhor

References

• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 90