Akh

//ɑːk// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    Brother; a close male friend or associate. Multicultural-London-English, slang

Synonyms

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bredder

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"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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Egyptian ꜣḫ.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic أَخ (ʔaḵ, “brother”). Doublet of ock.

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