ꜥnḫ.tj

Egyptian

Etymology

ꜥnḫ (“to live”) +‎ .tj (third-person feminine singular stative ending), literally meaning ‘alive’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑːnxʔti/
  • Conventional anglicization: ankh.ti

Interjection

1. an honorific phrase used after the names of queens and princesses.

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 221.