z-n-wsrt

Egyptian

Etymology

z (“man”) +‎ n(j) (“of”) +‎ wsrt (“Wosret”), literally ‘man of Wosret’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /zuʀ nij ˈwasɾit/ → /suʀ nij ˈwasɾiʔ/ → /søʔ nə ˈwasɾə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /zuʀ nij ˈwasɾit/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /suʀ nij ˈwasɾiʔ/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /søʔ nə ˈwasɾə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɛ ɛn wɛsrɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: ze-en-wesret

Proper noun

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1. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Senusret

References

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