tp-rnpt
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Egyptian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
tpj (“first”) + rnpt (“year”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘first of the year’. The form with tpj written out in full (as opposed to written as tp) is unattested.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /tɛp rɛnpɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: tep-renpet
Proper noun[edit]
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- ‘New Year’s Day’: a festival day at the start of the Egyptian year, the first day of the first month of ꜣḫt, originally aligned to the heliacal rising of Sirius in summer
Alternative forms[edit]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of tp-rnpt
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References[edit]
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 270.4–270.11
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 297