Egyptian edit

Etymology edit

ḏd (enduring, lasting) +‎ kꜣ (life-force) +‎ rꜥ (Ra) in two direct genitive constructions, thus ‘the enduring (one) of the life-force of Ra’.

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

raDdkA

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  1. A throne name notably borne by Djedkare Isesi, a pharaoh of the Fifth Dynasty

References edit

  • Ḏd-kꜣ-Rꜥw (lemma ID 400288)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae[1], Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01 edition, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
  • Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 40
  • von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 55, 183