mn-ḫpr-rꜥ

Egyptian

Etymology

From mn (“established, enduring”) +‎ ḫpr (“manifestation, form”) +‎ rꜥ (“Ra”), thus literally ‘the Established One of the Manifestation of Ra’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛn xɛpɛr rɑː/
  • Conventional anglicization: men-kheper-ra

Proper noun

 m

1. A throne name notably borne by Tuthmosis III, a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty

References

• Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN