rw nw prt m hrw

Egyptian

Etymology

r(ꜣ)w (plural of r(ꜣ) (“mouth, utterance”)) +‎ nw (masculine plural of nj (“of”)) +‎ prt (infinitive of prj (“to come forth”)) +‎ m (“in, during, from”) +‎ hrw (“day”). The literal meaning is thus ‘Utterances of Coming Forth in the Day’. This is traditionally interpreted to mean ‘coming forth by/into day’, but note that every other use of m with prj takes the meaning of ‘from, out of’ rather than ‘in’, suggesting the intended meaning may be ‘coming forth from the day’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ruː nuː pɛrɛt ɛm hɛruː/
  • Conventional anglicization: ru nu peret em heru

Proper noun

 m pl

1. Book of the Dead

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 322.