bꜣk-n-rn.f

Egyptian

Etymology

bꜣk (“servant”) +‎ n(j) (“of”) +‎ rn (“name”) +‎ .f (“his”), thus ‘servant of his name’.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˌbaːʀak nij ˈɾiːnVf/ → /ˌbaːʀak nij ˈɾiːnVf/ → /ˌbaːʔək nəˈɾiːnəf/ → /ˌβoːʔək ənˈɾiːnəf/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˌbaːʀak nij ˈɾiːnVf/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˌbaːʀak nij ˈɾiːnVf/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˌbaːʔək nəˈɾiːnəf/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˌβoːʔək ənˈɾiːnəf/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /bɑk ɛn rɛnʔɛf/
  • Conventional anglicization: bak-en-ren.ef

Proper noun

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1. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Bakenranef, a pharaoh of the Twenty-fourth Dynasty

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Βόκχωρις (Bókkhōris), Βοχορῖνις (Bokhorînis), Βόκχορις (Bókkhoris)
• → Neo-Assyrian: [script needed] (bu-kur-ni-ni-ip)

References

• von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 107, 267
• Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 159
• “Bochorinis” at Trismegistos (TM Nam 88); cf. name variant “Bȝk-n-rn=f” (TM NamVar 5442)