ꜣkr

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑkɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: aker

Proper noun

 m

1. Aker, the Egyptian god of the earth and the horizon
2. the earth (in parallel to the atmosphere šw, as a location traversed by the dead king) [Pyramid Texts]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣkr  

ꜣkr	ꜣkr	ꜣkr	ꜣkr	ꜣkr

Noun

 m

1. (usually in the plural) one of many gods representing forces of the earth, often imagined as serpents

Inflection

Declension of ꜣkr (masculine)

singular	ꜣkr
dual	ꜣkrwj
plural	ꜣkrw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣkr  

ꜣkr	ꜣkr

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 22.6–22.7
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 6
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 291–292.