zꜣ-ptḥ

Egyptian

Etymology

zꜣ (“son”) +‎ ptḥ (“Ptah”), literally ‘son of Ptah’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɑ pɛtɛħ/
- Conventional anglicization: za-ptah

Proper noun

m

A male given name, Siptah.

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.

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