ꜥnḫ.tj

Egyptian

Etymology

ꜥnḫ (“to live”) +‎ .tj (third-person feminine singular stative ending), literally meaning ‘alive’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑːnxʔti/
- Conventional anglicization: ankh.ti

Interjection

an honorific phrase used after the names of queens and princesses.

References

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 221

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