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’.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

 m

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Coptic: ⲁⲙⲉⲛⲱⲑ (amenōth)
  • → Akkadian:
    Middle Babylonian: 𒁹𒀀𒈠𒀭𒄩𒀜𒉿 (ma-ma-an-ḫa-at-pe₂ /⁠Aman-ḫatpe⁠/)
  • → Ancient Greek: Ἀμενώθης (Amenṓthēs), Ἀμένωφις (Aménōphis), Ἀμενόθης (Amenóthēs)
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