Etymology

Tutankhamun

T1U1T1A1N1K5H4A1M3U1N1

Today it means: Ancient Egyptian pharaoh known for his young age and his tomb, which was preserved intact to the modern age. Full definition →

Egyptian i-mn:n-t-w&t-anx
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  1. Egyptian · borrowed fromi-mn:n-t-w&t-anx
  2. English todayTutankhamun

Borrowed from Egyptian i-mn:n-t-w&t-anx (twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn, literally “Living Image of Amun”). The variant spellings of the final vowel are taken from variant forms of the name of the god Amun as found in various different sources: u from Coptic ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ (amoun), o from Ancient Greek Ἄμμων (Ámmōn), and e from the purely conventional system of Egyptological pronunciation.

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