jꜥḥ-ḥtp

Egyptian

Etymology

jꜥḥ (“Iah/the moon”) +‎ ḥtp (“to be content”) +‎ (.w) (masculine singular stative ending), thus literally ‘Iah/the moon is content’.

Pronunciation

(reconstructed Old Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈjaʕħuw ˈħatpaw/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iɑːh hɛtɛp/
  • Conventional anglicization: iah-hetep

Proper noun

 f

1. a female given name, Ahhotep

References

• Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen‎^[1], volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 13.8