zꜣ-ptḥ

Egyptian

Etymology

zꜣ (“son”) +‎ ptḥ (“Ptah”), literally ‘son of Ptah’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɑ pɛtɛh/
  • Conventional anglicization: za-ptah

Proper noun

 m

1. a male given name, Siptah

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 44.