tꜣ-mrj

Egyptian

Etymology

tꜣ +‎ mrj, thus literally ‘beloved land’.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /taʀ miˈɾiːtaw/ → /taʀ miˈɾiːtaw/ → /taʔ məˈɾiːtəʔ/ → /taʔ məˈɾiːt/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /taʀ miˈɾiːtaw/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /taʀ miˈɾiːtaw/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /taʔ məˈɾiːtəʔ/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /taʔ məˈɾiːt/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /tɑ mɛri/
  • Conventional anglicization: ta-meri

Proper noun

 m

1. Egypt

References

• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 126