jmn-m-ḥꜣt

Egyptian

Etymology

jmn (“Amun”) +‎ m (“in”) +‎ ḥꜣt (“forepart, front”), thus ‘Amun is at the fore’.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /jaˌmaːnuw ma ˈħuːʀit/ → /jaˌmaːnuw mə ˈħuːʀiʔ/ → /ʔaˌmaːnə məˈħuːʔə/ → /ʔaˌmoːn əmˈħeːʔ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /jaˌmaːnuw ma ˈħuːʀit/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /jaˌmaːnuw mə ˈħuːʀiʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔaˌmaːnə məˈħuːʔə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔaˌmoːn əmˈħeːʔ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /imɛn ɛm hɑt/
  • Conventional anglicization: amen-em-hat

Proper noun

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1. A given name of historical usage, notably borne by a number of pharaohs named Amenemhat in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Dynasties

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 395.