jrt-rꜥ

Egyptian

Etymology

jrt (“eye”) +‎ rꜥ (“sun, Ra”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘the Eye of Ra’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /irɛt rɑː/
  • Conventional anglicization: iret-ra

Proper noun

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1. an epithet of various goddesses, especially Hathor; the Eye of Ra
2. the sun
3. Egypt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jrt-rꜥ  

jrt-rꜥ	jrt-rꜥ

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 107.8–107.11