ḏj ꜥnḫ ḏd wꜣs

Egyptian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Phrase

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

See also

• ḏj ꜥnḫ

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.