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’. The name is transcribed in the Amarna letters as 𒀀𒈠𒀭𒄩𒀜𒁉 (a-ma-an-ḫa-at-pe₂).

Pronunciation

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

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

Proper noun

m

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

Derived terms

pꜣ-n-jmn-ḥtp

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: Ἀμενώθης (Amenṓthēs)

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