kꜣ-nḫt-ḫꜥ-m-wꜣst

Egyptian

Etymology

kꜣ (“bull”) +‎ nḫt (“strong, victorious”) +‎ ḫꜥ (“to appear”) +‎ m (“in”) +‎ wꜣst (“Thebes”), thus literally ‘The Victorious Bull Appearing in Thebes’.

Pronunciation

(reconstructed Late Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaʔ ˈnoːχə ˈχeʕjə mə ˈwoːsə/
(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kɑ nɛxɛt xɑː ɛm wɑsɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: ka-nakht-kha-em-waset

Proper noun

m

A serekh name notably borne by Tuthmosis III, a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty

References

Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN

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