Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ptah

/tɑː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English

Syllables: ptah
IPA: /tɑː/

9

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A god of creativity and craftsmen, sometimes also identified with the gods of death and the birth of the sun.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Egyptian ptḥ

Homonyms

tar (non-rhotic) ta taa

Questions

How do you pronounce ptah?: The recorded pronunciation is /tɑː/.
What does ptah mean?: A god of creativity and craftsmen, sometimes also identified with the gods of death and the birth of the sun.
Where does ptah come from?: Learned borrowing from Egyptian ptḥ

How to pronounce ptah

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