jmn-ḥtp

Egyptian

Etymology

jmn (“Amun”) +‎ ḥtp (“is satisfied”), masculine third-person singular stative form of ḥtp (“to satisfy”), thus literally ‘Amun is satisfied’.

Pronunciation
  • (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /imɛn ħɛtɛp/, /imɛn ħotɛp/
    • Conventional anglicization: amen hetep, amen hotep

Proper noun


 m

  1. A male given name, Amenhotep.
  2. (Egyptian mythology) Amenhotep (son of Hapu), a deified scribe and architect

Derived terms
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