jmn-m-ḥꜣt

Egyptian

Etymology

jmn (“Amun”) +‎ m (“in”) +‎ ḥꜣt (“forepart, front”), thus ‘Amun is at the fore’.

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /jaˈmaːnuw ma ħuːʀit/ → /ʔaˈmaːnəʔ-mə-ħuːʀiʔ/ → /ʔaˈmoːn-əm-ħeːʔə/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /imɛn ɛm ħɑt/
- Conventional anglicization: amen-em-hat

Proper noun

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A given name of historical usage, notably borne by a number of pharaohs named Amenemhat in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Dynasties

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 395.

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