psmṯk

Egyptian

Etymology

Uncertain; one possible derivation, based on the attested longer form pꜣ-zꜣ-n-mṯk, is p(ꜣ) (“the”) +‎ z(ꜣ) (“man”) +‎ n(j) (“of”) +‎ mṯk (“the Libyan deity Meṯek”), thus ‘the man of Meṯek’.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /psaˈmaːt͡ʃək/

• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /psaˈmaːt͡ʃək/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /pɛsmɛt͡ʃɛk/
  • Conventional anglicization: pesmetjek

Proper noun

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1. a male given name, Psamtik

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of psmṯk  

pzmṯk	pzjmṯk	pznjmṯk	pzmṯk

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Ψαμμήτιχος (Psammḗtikhos)
  • Greek: Ψαμμήτιχος (Psammítichos)
  • → Latin: Psammētichus
    • → English: Psammetichus

References

• Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, pages 165–167
• von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 111–112, 274–276
• Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen‎^[2], volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 136.8