jrj ḫprw

Egyptian

Etymology

jrj (“to do, to make”) +‎ ḫprw (“form”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iri xɛpruː/
  • Conventional anglicization: iri khepru

Verb

 compound

1. (chiefly of gods and the dead) to take on a new form (+ m: to assume the form of, to transform into, to manifest as)
2. to grow up (somewhere), to undergo one’s upbringing (in some place)

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jrj ḫprw  

jrj ḫprw	jrj ḫprw

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 266.12–266.17
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 189