twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn

Egyptian

Other romanization schemes

Manuel de Codage	twt-anx-imn
Gardiner 1927	twt-ꜥnḫ-ꞽmn
Erman & Grapow 1926	twt-ꜥnḫ-ꞽmn
Lepsius 1874 (obsolete)	tut-ānχ-ȧmen

Etymology

twt (“image”) +‎ ꜥnḫ (“living”) +‎ jmn (“Amun”), with twt and jmn in a direct genitive construction. The compound is based on the pharaoh’s earlier name, twt-ꜥnḫ-jtn (literally “living image of the Aten”). A longer form of twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn is found as twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn-ḥqꜣ-jwnw-šmꜥw.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /təˈwaːtə ˈʕaːnəχ ʔaˈmaːnə/ → /təˈwoːt ˈʕoːnəχ ʔaˈmoːn/

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /təˈwaːtə ˈʕaːnəχ ʔaˈmaːnə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /təˈwoːt ˈʕoːnəχ ʔaˈmoːn/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /tuːt ɑːnx imɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: tut-ankh-amen

Proper noun

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1. a male given name meaning “the Living Image of Amun”, of historical usage, equivalent to English Tutankhamon, notably borne by Tutankhamon, a pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty

Descendants

• → English: Tutankhamun (learned)