jꜥḥ-ms
Egyptian
Etymology
jꜥḥ (“the moon/Iah”) + ms (“to give birth”) + (.w) (masculine third-person singular stative ending), thus ‘the moon is born’ or ‘Iah is born’.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /iɑːh mɛs/
- Conventional anglicization: iah-mes
Alternative forms
Descendants
- → Ancient Greek: Ἄμασις (Ámasis), Ἄμωσις (Ámōsis)
References
- Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, pages 91, 96, 166
- von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 83, 112, 224, 276
- Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen, volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 12.19
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