Etymology

akh

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Today it means: In Egyptian mythology, (roughly) a spirit of the dead that has successfully completed its transition to the afterlife. Full definition →

Egyptian ꜣḫ
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akh · noun1

  1. Egyptian · borrowed fromꜣḫ
  2. English todayakh

Borrowed from Egyptian ꜣḫ. Doublet of khu, which derives from an inaccurate older reading of the same word.

akh · noun2

  1. Arabic · borrowed fromأَخ“brother”
  2. English todayakh

Borrowed from Arabic أَخ (ʔaḵ, “brother”). Doublet of ock.

Words from the same roots

Egyptianꜣḫ all →

khu

Arabicأَخ all →

ockocky

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.