akh

noun

ˈäk

plural -s

often capitalized

Egyptian religion

: the spirit of a deceased person conceived as gloriously transfigured so as to reflect the deeds of the person in life

Word History

Etymology

alternate transliteration of Egyptian ʾ̹ḫ(w)

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above

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