ḫprj

Egyptian

Etymology

A nominalized use of the imperfective active participle of ḫpr (“to come into being”), thus literally ‘the one coming into being’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛpri/
- Conventional anglicization: khepri

Proper noun

m

Khepri, the god personifying the morning sun

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫprj

xpr

A40

ḫpr

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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