ḏd-kꜣ-ḥr

Egyptian

Etymology

ḏd (“enduring, lasting”) +‎ kꜣ (“life-force”) +‎ ḥr (“Horus”) in two direct genitive constructions, thus ‘the enduring (one) of the life-force of Horus’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɛd kɑ hɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: djed-ka-hor

Proper noun

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1. A throne name notably borne by Djedkare Isesi, a pharaoh of the Fifth Dynasty

References

• Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 40
• von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 55, 183