jmn-ḥtp

Egyptian

Etymology

jmn (“Amun”) +‎ ḥtp(.w) (“is satisfied”), masculine third-person singular stative form of ḥtp (“to satisfy”), thus literally ‘Amun is satisfied’.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ʔamanˈħatpə/ → /ʔamənˈħatp/

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔamanˈħatpə/
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔamənˈħatp/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /imɛn hɛtɛp/, /imɛn hotɛp/
  • Conventional anglicization: amen-hetep, amen-hotep

Proper noun

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1. a male given name, Amenhotep
2. (Egyptian mythology) Amenhotep (son of Hapu), a deified scribe and architect

Derived terms

• pꜣ-n-jmn-ḥtp

Descendants

• Coptic: ⲁⲙⲉⲛⲱⲑ (amenōth)
• → Middle Babylonian: 𒁹𒀀𒈠𒀭𒄩𒀜𒉿 (^ma-ma-an-ḫa-at-pe₂ /⁠Aman-ḫatpe⁠/)
• → Ancient Greek: Ἀμενώθης (Amenṓthēs), Ἀμένωφις (Aménōphis), Ἀμενόθης (Amenóthēs)
  • Greek: Αμένωφις (Aménofis)
  • → Latin: Amenōphis
    • → English: Amenophis
    • → Portuguese: Amenófis