mnṯw-wsr

Egyptian

Etymology

mnṯw (“Montu”) +‎ wsr (“to be powerful”) +‎ (.w) (masculine singular stative ending), thus literally ‘Montu is powerful’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛnt͡ʃuː wɛsɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: mentju-weser

Proper noun

m

A male given name, Mentuwoser.

References

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 278

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