mryt-jmn

Egyptian

Etymology

mryt (feminine perfective relative form of mrj) +‎ jmn (“Amon”), literally ‘(she) whom Amon loves’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛriːt imɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: meryt-amen

Proper noun

f

a female given name, Meritamen

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mryt-jmn

mryt-jmn

References

Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen‎, volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 161.15

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