zꜣ-rꜥ

Egyptian

Etymology

From zꜣ (“son”) +‎ rꜥ (“Ra”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘Son of Ra’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɑ rɑː/
- Conventional anglicization: za-ra

Noun

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Conventionally written before the cartouche containing a king’s nomen.
Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see zꜣ,‎ rꜥ.

Inflection

Declension of zꜣ-rꜥ (masculine)

singular	zꜣ-rꜥ
dual	zꜣwj-rꜥ
plural	zꜣw-rꜥ

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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