zꜣ-rꜥ
Appearance
Egyptian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From zꜣ (“son”) + rꜥ (“Ra”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘Son of Ra’.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /zɑ rɑː/
- Conventional anglicization: za-ra
Noun
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- Conventionally written before the cartouche containing a king’s nomen.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see zꜣ, rꜥ.
Inflection
[edit]References
[edit]- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 67–68.