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Etymology
Several proposals have been made for the etymology and meaning of the original name; as Smith (2017) notes, none are fully convincing. Most take as the accepted transliteration, following Adolf Erman:


 * Griffiths (1980), “bearing in mind Erman’s emphasis on the fact that the name must begin with an [sic] w”, proposes a derivation from with an original meaning of “The Mighty One”.
 * Sethe (1930) proposes a compound -, meaning “seat of the eye”, in a hypothetical earlier form ; this is rejected by Griffiths on phonetic grounds.
 * Lorton (1985) takes up a similar compound but explains - as signifying “product, something made”, from the verb, with Osiris representing the product of the mummification process.
 * Westendorf (1987) proposes an etymology from - “she who bears the eye”.
 * Zeidler (2000) reviews the common hypotheses and rejects the interpretation of the second element as either or  on phonetic grounds, ultimately agreeing with Griffiths on the meaning and rendering the name  with the assumption that the writing of the name reflects an archaic use of the throne and eye hieroglyphs as uniliteral signs.
 * Smith (2017) makes no definitive proposals but asserts that the second element must be a form of (rather than ), since the word is found complemented with  in writings of the Middle Kingdom.

However, recently alternative transliterations have been proposed:


 * Muchiki (1990) reexamines Erman’s evidence that the throne hieroglyph in the word is to be read and finds it unconvincing, suggesting instead that the name should be read  on the basis of Aramaic, Phoenician, and Old South Arabian transcriptions, readings of the throne sign in other words, and comparison with.
 * Allen (2010) reads the word as but later revises the reading (2013) to  and derives it from -, meaning “engendering (male) principle”.



Proper noun

 * 1) the god Osiris
 * 2)   Osirian form of a dead person, deceased person as Osiris (see usage notes)
 * 1)   Osirian form of a dead person, deceased person as Osiris (see usage notes)

Usage notes
As a designation for the deceased, this word has traditionally been interpreted as standing in apposition to the dead person’s name, identifying them with the god Osiris: ‘the Osiris N.N.’ However, a variant form of this construction with the word inserted between the two elements is attested since the Coffin Texts. This suggests the version where the two are juxtaposed is in fact a direct genitive construction meaning ‘the Osiris of N.N.’, not an apposition. Smith suggests that the meaning of ‘the Osiris of’ a dead person was ‘the form that an individual acquired as a result of the rites of mummification and justification’, at the end of which ‘they could be said to possess an Osiris-aspect’, an ‘Osirian form’ unique to each individual and not to be directly identified with the god Osiris.

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