ḥr-ꜣḫtj

Egyptian

Etymology

ḥr (“Horus”) +‎ ꜣḫtj (“of the Akhet”). Later, in the New Kingdom, ꜣḫtj was reinterpreted as the dual of ꜣḫt (“Akhet”) instead of a nisba adjective derived from it, rendering a new interpretation of ḥr-ꜣḫtj as a direct genitive construction meaning ‘Horus of the Two Akhets’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ħɛr ɑxti/
- Conventional anglicization: hor-akhti

Proper noun

m

an aspect of the god Horus as the sun at dawn

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥr-ꜣḫtj

ḥr-ꜣḫtj

[New Kingdom]

Derived terms

rꜥ-ḥr-ꜣḫtj

References

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 149

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