pḏ šs

Egyptian

Etymology

pḏ (to stretch) +‎ šs (“cord”), thus ‘stretching the cord’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /pɛd͡ʒ ʃɛs/
  • Conventional anglicization: pedj shes

Noun

 m

1. the stretching the cord ceremony (+ ḥr or m: for (a temple, building))