zꜣ-sbk

Egyptian

Etymology

zꜣ (“son”) +‎ sbk (“Sobek”) in a direct genitive construction, literally ‘son of Sobek’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɑ sɛbɛk/
- Conventional anglicization: za-sobek

Proper noun

m

a male given name, Sisobek or Sasobek

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 199.

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