"Imhotep" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ɪmˈhoʊ.tɛp/ [General-American]
Etymology: From Egyptian jj-m-ḥtp (literally “(the one) coming in peace, (the one) returning home safely”): M18-G17-R4:X1*Q3 from the perfective active participle of jj (“to come, to return”) + m ḥtp (“in peace, safely”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|egy|jj-m-ḥtp|lit=(the one) coming in peace, (the one) returning home safely}} Egyptian jj-m-ḥtp (literally “(the one) coming in peace, (the one) returning home safely”), {{m|egy|jj||to come, to return}} jj (“to come, to return”), {{m|egy|m ḥtp||in peace, safely}} m ḥtp (“in peace, safely”) Head templates: {{en-prop}} Imhotep
  1. An Ancient Egyptian priest, the inventor of the pyramid. Categories (topical): Ancient Egypt, Individuals
    Sense id: en-Imhotep-en-name-AexU8T-i Disambiguation of Ancient Egypt: 60 40 Disambiguation of Individuals: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55
  2. (rare) A male given name from Egyptian Tags: rare Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names, Individuals
    Sense id: en-Imhotep-en-name-~d1wfGA9 Disambiguation of Individuals: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Translations): Ἰμούθης (Imoúthēs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), إمحوتب [masculine] (Arabic), Imhotep [masculine] (Czech), ii-m-Htp:t*p (jj-m-ḥtp) (Egyptian), Imhotep [masculine] (German), Ιμχοτέπ (Imchotép) [masculine] (Greek), Imhóteip [masculine] (Irish), イムホテプ (Imuhotepu) (Japanese), Имхоте́п (Imxotép) (Russian), Imhotep [masculine] (Slovak)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 48 52

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