prt-ḫrw

Egyptian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˌpiɾitχaˈɾaw/ → /ˌpiɾiʔχaˈɾaw/ → /ˌpəɾəχəˈɾaw/

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

Noun

m

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, page 365–367.

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