mry-jmn
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Egyptian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
mry (perfective relative form of mrj) + jmn (“Amon”), literally ‘(one) whom Amon loves’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɛriː imɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: mery-amen
Proper noun[edit]
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- a male given name, Meryamun
- a common epithet sometimes added to the birth names or throne names of pharaohs
References[edit]
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 44.