mry-jmn

Egyptian

Etymology

mry (perfective relative form of mrj) +‎ jmn (“Amon”), literally ‘(one) whom Amon loves’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛriː imɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: mery-amen

Proper noun

m

A male given name, Meryamun.
a common epithet sometimes added to the birth names or throne names of pharaohs

References

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

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