rw nw prt m hrw

Egyptian

Etymology

r(ꜣ)w (plural of r(ꜣ) (“mouth, utterance”)) +‎ nw (masculine plural of nj (“of”)) +‎ prt (infinitive of prj (“to come forth”)) +‎ m (“in, during, from”) +‎ hrw (“day”). The literal meaning is thus ‘Utterances of Coming Forth in the Day’. This is traditionally interpreted to mean ‘coming forth by/into day’, but note that every other use of m with prj takes the meaning of ‘from, out of’ rather than ‘in’, suggesting the intended meaning may be ‘coming forth from the day’.

Pronunciation
  • (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ruː nuː pɛrɛt ɛm hɛruː/
    • Conventional anglicization: ru nu peret em heru

Proper noun
r
Z1
N33A		 nwZ1pr
r		 t
D54		 mh
r		 whrw
Z1

 m pl

  1. Book of the Dead

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 322.
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