zꜣ-rꜥ

Egyptian

Etymology

From zꜣ (son) + rꜥ (Ra) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘Son of Ra’.

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈziːʀuw ˈɾiːʕuw//ˈsiːʀuw ˈɾiːʕuw//ˈsiːʔəʔ ˈɾiːʕəʔ//siːʔ ˈɾeːʕ/

Noun


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  1. Conventionally written before the cartouche containing a king’s nomen.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see zꜣ, rꜥ.

Inflection

References

  1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 13, 39, 56
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 67–68.
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