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tutankhamun

/ˌtu.tɑŋˈkɑ.mən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English

Syllables
tu-tankhamun
IPA
/ˌtu.tɑŋˈkɑ.mən/
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Ancient Egyptian pharaoh known for his young age and his tomb, which was preserved intact to the modern age.

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian i-mn:n-t-w&t-anx (twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn, literally “Living Image of Amun”). The variant spellings of the final vowel are taken from variant forms of the name of the god Amun as found in various different sources: u from Coptic ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ (amoun), o from Ancient Greek Ἄμμων (Ámmōn), and e from the purely conventional system of Egyptological pronunciation.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌtu.tɑŋˈkɑ.mən/
  • British English: /ˌtuːtənˈkɑːmən/

Inflected Forms

Tutankhamen (alternative) Tutankhamon (alternative)

Derived Forms

Tut

Questions

How do you pronounce tutankhamun?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌtu.tɑŋˈkɑ.mən/.
What does tutankhamun mean?
Ancient Egyptian pharaoh known for his young age and his tomb, which was preserved intact to the modern age.
Where does tutankhamun come from?
It is traced to Egyptian.

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