mn-ḫpr-rꜥ

Egyptian

Etymology

mn (“established, enduring”) +‎ ḫpr (“manifestation, form”) +‎ rꜥ (“Ra”), thus literally ‘the Established One of the Manifestation of Ra’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛn xɛpɛr rɑː/
- Conventional anglicization: men-kheper-ra

Proper noun

m

A throne name notably borne by Tuthmosis III, a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty

References

Leprohon, Ronald (2013), Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN

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