Etymology

khu

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Today it means: Synonym of akh (“a spirit of the dead that has successfully completed its transition to the afterlife”) Full definition →

Egyptian ꜣḫ
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  1. Egyptian · borrowed fromꜣḫ
  2. Egyptian · borrowed fromꜣḫ
  3. English todaykhu

Borrowed from Egyptian ꜣḫ, following an obsolete 19th-century reading of the word. Doublet of akh, which is based on a more accurate reading.

Words from the same roots

Egyptianꜣḫ all →

akh

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.