ḫw.f-wj
Egyptian
Etymology
ḫw (“protects”) + .f (“he”) + wj (“me”), thus literally ’He protects me’; longer versions of the name reveal that ‘he’ is the god Khnum.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /xuːʔɛf wi/, /xuːfuː/
- Conventional anglicization: khu.ef-wi, khufu
Proper noun
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- A throne name notably borne by Khufu, a pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫw.f-wj
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| ḫ.f-w | ḫ.f-w | ḫ.f-wf | ḫw.f-w | ḫw.f | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abydos King List | Saqqara King List |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, page 52, 178
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