prt-ḫrw
Egyptian
editEtymology
editprt (infinitive of prj (“to emerge”)) + ḫrw (“voice”), thus ‘emergence of the voice’.
Pronunciation
edit- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˌpiɾitχaˈɾaw/ → /ˌpiɾiʔχaˈɾaw/ → /ˌpəɾəχəˈɾaw/ → /ˌpəɾəχəˈɾaw/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /pɛrɛt xɛruː/
- Conventional anglicization: peret-kheru
Noun
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- a funerary offering of which the spirit of the deceased is called to partake, generally made under the auspices of Osiris and consisting of at least bread, beer, cattle, and fowl; invocation offering
References
edit- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 365–367.