ḫprj

Egyptian

Etymology

A nominalized use of the

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imperfective active participle of ḫpr (“to come into being”), thus literally ‘the one coming into being’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛpri/
- Conventional anglicization: khepri

Proper noun

m

Khepri, the god personifying the morning sun

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫprj

xpr

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ḫpr

Derived terms

ḥr-m-ꜣḫt-ḫprj-rꜥ-tm

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 149.

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