jrt-rꜥ

Egyptian

Etymology

jrt (“eye”) +‎ rꜥ (“sun, Ra”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘the Eye of Ra’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /irɛt rɑː/
- Conventional anglicization: iret-ra

Proper noun

f

an epithet of various goddesses, especially Hathor; the Eye of Ra
the sun
Egypt

Alternative forms

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References

Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 107.8–107.11

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