Egyptian
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Etymology
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pꜣ (“the”) + sbꜣ (“star”) + ḫꜥ (“appearing”) + n (“in”) + nwt (“city”), thus literally ‘the star appearing in the city’, a reference to Thebes.
Greek Ψουσέννης (Psousénnēs) reflects the later (Demotic-era) shift of /ḫ/ → [ʃ] in [pəsiβʃəʕənˈneːʔə]. The preposition m appears as n due to assimilation with nwt.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
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m
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Psusennes I, a pharaoh of the Twenty-First Dynasty.
Alternative forms
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of pꜣ-sbꜣ-ḫꜥ-n-nwt
References
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- Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen[1], volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 117.1
- Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, pages 139, 141, 143
- von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 98–100, 253–256