mry-jmn

Egyptian

Etymology

From mry (perfective relative form of mrj) +‎ jmn (“Amon”), literally ‘(one) whom Amon loves’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛriː imɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: mery-amen

Proper noun

 m

1. a male given name, Meryamun
2. a common epithet sometimes added to the birth names or throne names of pharaohs

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 44.