zꜣ-ptḥ
Egyptian
Etymology
zꜣ (“son”) + ptḥ (“Ptah”), literally ‘son of Ptah’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /zɑ pɛtɛh/
- Conventional anglicization: za-ptah
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 44.
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