pꜣ-sbꜣ-ḫꜥ-n-nwt

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Egyptian

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Etymology

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pꜣ (the) +‎ sbꜣ (star) +‎ ḫꜥ (appearing) +‎ n (in) +‎ nwt (city), thus literally ‘the star appearing in the city’, a reference to Thebes.

Greek Ψουσέννης (Psousénnēs) reflects the later (Demotic-era) shift of /ḫ/ → [ʃ] in [pəsiβʃəʕənˈneːʔə]. The preposition m appears as n due to assimilation with nwt.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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pAsbA xa
n
niwt
t

 m

  1. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Psusennes I, a pharaoh of the Twenty-First Dynasty.

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References

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  • Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen[1], volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 117.1
  • Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, pages 139, 141, 143
  • von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 98–100, 253–256