nswt-ḥw
Egyptian edit
Etymology edit
nswt (“king”) + ḥw (“hitting, striking”), thus ‘the striking king’.
Pronunciation edit
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nɛsuːt huː/
- Conventional anglicization: nesut-hu
Proper noun edit
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- A throne name notably borne by Huni, a pharaoh of the Third Dynasty
References edit
- Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 33
- von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 51, 177