Editing Sokar (section)

== Name ==
Although the meaning of his name remains uncertain, the Egyptians in the [[Pyramid Texts]] linked his name to the anguished cry of [[Osiris]] to [[Isis]] 'Sy-k-ri' ('hurry to me'),<ref name="rout415">The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses, George Hart {{ISBN|0-415-34495-6}}</ref> or possibly ''skr,'' meaning "cleaning the mouth".<ref name="Sokar">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk/sokar.html|title=Sokar|website=ancientegyptonline.co.uk|access-date=2016-10-24}}</ref> In the [[underworld]], Sokar is strongly linked with two other gods, [[Ptah]] the Creator god and chief god of [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]], and Osiris [[Duat|the god of the dead]]. In later periods, this connection was expressed as the [[triple god]] '''Ptah-Sokar-Osiris'''.{{fact|date=February 2023}}

The [[Fayyumic Coptic|Faiyumic Coptic]] form ⲥⲓⲭⲟⲗ is possibly preserved in a personal name ⲥⲉⲛⲥⲓⲭⲟⲗ, "daughter of Sokar".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Heuser |first=Gustav |title=Die Personennamen der Kopten |pages=62 }}</ref>