ꜥnḫ wḏꜣ snb

Egyptian

Etymology

Traditionally considered to be a series of nouns ꜥnḫ +‎ wḏꜣ +‎ snb, literally meaning ‘life, prosperity, health (to him)’. More recently the phrase has instead been analyzed as a series of verbs, each with the unwritten stative ending .w, thus literally meaning ‘(may he be) alive, sound, healthy’.

Pronunciation
  • (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɑːnx wɛd͡ʒɑ sɛnɛb/
    • Conventional anglicization: ankh wedja seneb

Interjection
  1. an honorific phrase used after the names of kings, queens, princes, etc., after the words of a king, ruler, or prince, and after references to the royal household.
Derived terms
  • m ꜥnḫ wḏꜣ snb
  • rdj ꜥnḫ wḏꜣ snb
  • ḥr tp ꜥnḫ wḏꜣ snb

References
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 221.
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