mryt-jtn

Egyptian

Etymology

mryt (feminine perfective relative form of mrj) +‎ jtn (“Aten”), literally ‘(she) whom the Aten loves’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /majˈ(j)aːtəj/

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /majˈ(j)aːtəj/: transcribed in cuneiform as ma-ia-a-ti, ma-ia₈-a-ti

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛriːt itɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: meryt-aten

Proper noun

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1. a female given name, Meritaten

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mryt-jtn  

mrt-jtn	mrt-jtn

References

• Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen‎^[1], volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 161.18