ḫpr-ḏs.f

Egyptian

Etymology

ḫpr (“(one who) came into being”) +‎ ḏs (“self”) +‎ .f (“his”), thus literally ‘He Who Came into Being by Himself’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛpɛr d͡ʒɛsʔɛf/
  • Conventional anglicization: kheper-djes.ef

Proper noun

 m

1. an epithet of the god Atum

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 147.