akh

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. In Egyptian mythology, (roughly) a spirit of the dead that has successfully completed its transition to the afterlife.
    — Their abode is heaven; and the Akh, by contrast with the Ba, does not retain any relation to the body.… It is a deceased, a transcendent being, without earthly or material ties; and, as such, it is the most spiritualized of the various concepts of the dead.
  2. Brother; a close male friend or associate. Multicultural-London-English,slang

词形变化

akhs plural akhs plural akhi alternative

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Egyptian ꜣḫ. Doublet of khu, which derives from an inaccurate older reading of the same word.
词源 2
Borrowed from Arabic أَخ (ʔaḵ, “brother”). Doublet of ock.
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