mryt-ptḥ
Egyptian
editEtymology
editmryt (feminine perfective relative form of mrj) + ptḥ (“Ptah”), thus literally ‘(she) whom Ptah loves’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.
Pronunciation
edit- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɛriːt pɛtɛh/
- Conventional anglicization: meryt-ptah
Proper noun
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- a female given name, Merit-Ptah
Alternative forms
editReferences
edit- Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen[1], volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, pages 158.22, 161.19