ḏj ꜥnḫ

Egyptian

Etymology

Perfective passive participle of rḏj (“to give”) +‎ ꜥnḫ (“life”), thus ‘given life’. Unlike other such passive participial clauses, this one has been fossilized without any resumptive pronoun (a construction like *ḏj n.f ꜥnḫ would be expected).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi ɑːnx/
  • Conventional anglicization: dji ankh

Phrase

1. an honorific phrase frequently added after the name of the reigning pharaoh

Noun

 m

1. a state of having been ‘given life (forever)’ achieved by the pharaoh

See also

• ḏj ꜥnḫ ḏd wꜣs

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 343.