mn-kꜣw-rꜥ

Egyptian

Etymology

mn (“established”) +‎ kꜣw (“life-forces”) +‎ rꜥ (“Ra”) in two direct genitive constructions, thus ‘the established (one) of the life-forces of Ra’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛn kɑuː rɑː/
  • Conventional anglicization: men-kau-ra

Proper noun

 m

1. A throne name notably borne by Menkaure, a pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mn-kꜣw-rꜥ  

mn-kꜣ-rꜥ

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Μυκερῖνος (Mukerînos), Μεγχέρης (Menkhérēs)
  • → Latin: Mycerīnus

References

• “Mn-kꜣ.w-Rꜥw (lemma ID 450221)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎, Corpus issue 18, Web app version 2.1.5, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–26 July 2023
• Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 36
• von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 53, 179