rwḏ-jmn

Egyptian

Etymology

rwḏ (“to be firm, to succeed”) +‎ jmn (“Amun”), thus ‘Amun is firm/Amun succeeds’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ruːd͡ʒ imɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: rudj-amen

Proper noun

m

a male given name, Rudamun

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of rwḏ-jmn

rwD

rwD

rwd-jmn

rwḏ-jmn

References

Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 155
von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 106, 266

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