jj(“coming”,perfective active participle ofjj(“to come, to return”)) +‎m ḥtp(“in peace, safely”), thus ‘(the one) coming in peace’, ‘(the one) returning home safely’.

• (modern Egyptological)IPA^(key): /iʔi ɛm hɛtɛp/,/iʔi ɛm hotɛp/
  • Conventional anglicization:ii-em-hetep, ii-em-hotep

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1. a malegiven name of historical usage, equivalent to EnglishImhotep, notably borne byImhotep
2. (Egyptianmythology)Imhotep, adeifiedadministrator andarchitect

Alternative hieroglyphic writings ofjj-m-ḥtp  

jy-m-ḥtp	jjw-m-ḥtp

• → Ancient Greek:Ἰμούθης(Imoúthēs)
• → English:Imhotep

• Ranke, Hermann (1935),Die ägyptischen Personennamen‎^[1], volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page9.2

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