ḏḏt-jmn

Egyptian

Etymology

ḏḏt (feminine imperfective relative form of rḏj) +‎ jmn (“Amon”), thus literally ‘(she) whom Amon gives’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɛd͡ʒɛt imɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: djedjet-amen

Proper noun

f

a female given name

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 364.

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