ḏd-ḥr

Egyptian

Etymology

ḏd (“to say”) +‎ ḥr (“Horus”), thus literally ‘Horus says’. This might be either a shortened form of the name ḏd-ḥr-jw.f-ꜥnḫ (literally “Horus says, ‘He will live’”) or an ancient misreading of a hieratic name ns-ḥr (literally “the one belonging to Horus”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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  1. a male given name, Djedhor

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏd-ḥr  



ḏd-ḥr ḏd-ḥr ḏd-ḥr ḏd-ḥr

Descendants

  • → Akkadian:
    • Neo-Assyrian: 𒍢𒄩𒀀 (ṣi-ḫa-a /⁠ṣiḫā⁠/)
    • Neo-Babylonian: 𒍢𒄩𒀪 (ṣi-ḫa-ˀ /⁠ṣiḫaꜣ⁠/)
  • → Ancient Greek: Τέως (Téōs)
  • Coptic: ⲧⲁϩⲟ (taho)

References

  • Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 172
  • von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 116, 282–283
  • Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen‎[1], volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 411.12
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