zꜣ-jmn

Egyptian

Etymology

zꜣ (“son”) +‎ jmn (“Amun”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘son of Amun’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɑ imɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: za-amen

Proper noun

 m

1. a male given name, Siamun

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zꜣ-jmn  

zꜣ-jmn	zꜣ-jmn
[New Kingdom]

References

• Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen‎^[1], volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 280.22
• Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 141
• von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 98, 254