nswt-ḥw

Egyptian

Etymology

nswt (“king”) +‎ ḥw (“hitting, striking”), thus ‘the striking king’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛsuːt huː/
- Conventional anglicization: nesut-hu

Proper noun

m

A throne name notably borne by Huni, a pharaoh of the Third Dynasty

References

Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 33
von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 51, 177

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