ꜣkr
Egyptian
editPronunciation
edit- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɑkɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: aker
Proper noun
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- Aker, the Egyptian god of the earth and the horizon
- the earth (in parallel to the atmosphere šw, as a location traversed by the dead king) [Pyramid Texts]
Alternative forms
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Noun
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- (usually in the plural) one of many gods representing forces of the earth, often imagined as serpents
Inflection
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References
edit- 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.