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noun
Synonym of akh (“a spirit of the dead that has successfully completed its transition to the afterlife”)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Egyptian
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: akh
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from Egyptian ꜣḫ, following an obsolete 19th-century reading of the word. Doublet of akh, which is based on a more accurate reading.
