ḫpr-ḏs.f

Egyptian

Etymology

ḫpr (“(one who) came into being”) +‎ ḏs (“self”) +‎ .f (“his”), thus literally ‘He Who Came into Being by Himself’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛpɛr d͡ʒɛsʔɛf/
- Conventional anglicization: kheper-djes.ef

Proper noun

m

an epithet of the god Atum

References

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 147

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