prt-ḫrw

Egyptian

Etymology

prt (infinitive of prj (“to emerge”)) +‎ ḫrw (“voice”), thus ‘emergence of the voice’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /pɛrɛt xɛruː/
  • Conventional anglicization: peret-kheru

Noun

 m

1. a funerary offering of which the spirit of the deceased is called to partake, generally made under the auspices of Osiris and consisting of at least bread, beer, cattle, and fowl; invocation offering

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 365–367.