ḏsr-kꜣ-rꜥ

Egyptian

Etymology

ḏsr (“sacred”) +‎ kꜣ (“ka”) +‎ rꜥ (“Ra”), thus literally ‘Sacred (One) of the Ka of Ra’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

(reconstructed Medio-Late Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼaːsaʔ kuʔ ˈɾiːʕəʔ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɛsɛr kɑ rɑː/
  • Conventional anglicization: djeser-ka-ra

Proper noun

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1. A throne name notably borne by Amenhotep I, a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty

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.