Reconstruction:Egyptian/ḏd-pꜣ-nṯr-jw.f-ꜥnḫ

This Egyptian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Egyptian

Etymology

Compound of ḏd (“to speak”) +‎ pꜣ (“the”) +‎ nṯr (“god”) +‎ jw (proclitic particle) +‎ .f (masculine suffix pronoun) +‎ ꜥnḫ (“to live”), thus producing "the god speaks, and he lives".

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʼapəˈnaːtə ʔəfʕəˈnaχ/

• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʼapəˈnaːtə ʔəfʕəˈnaχ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɛd pɑ nɛt͡ʃɛr iuːʔɛf ɑːnx/
  • Conventional anglicization: djed-pa-netjer-iu.ef-ankh

Proper noun

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1. a putative male given name or honorific title

Descendants

• Hebrew: צָפְנַת פַּעְנֵחַ (ṣop̄naṯ paʿnēaḥ)
  • (Septuagint) Ancient Greek: Ψονθομφανήχ (Psonthomphanḗkh)
    • Latin: Psontonphanech
    • Bohairic Coptic: Ⲯⲟⲛⲑⲱⲙⲫⲁⲛⲏⲭ (Psonthōmphanēkh)
  • (Hexapla) Ancient Greek: Ψομθομφανήχ (Psomthomphanḗkh)
    • (Vetus Latina) Latin: Psompthomfanech
  • → Latin: Zapfanethfane
  • → English: Zaphnath-Paaneah