jt-nṯrw

Egyptian

Etymology

jt (“father”) +‎ nṯrw, plural of nṯr (“god”), in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘Father of the Gods’.

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˌjatijnaˈcuːɾaw/ → /ˌjatijnaˈtuːɾaw/ → /ˌʔətəʔnəˈtuːɾəʔ/ → /ˌʔətənəˈteːɾ/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /it nɛt͡ʃɛruː/
- Conventional anglicization: it-netjeru

Proper noun

m

an epithet of the god Nu

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 130.

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