mryt-rꜥ

Egyptian

Etymology

mryt (feminine perfective relative form of mrj) +‎ rꜥ (“Ra”), thus literally ‘(she) whom Ra loves’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛriːt rɑː/
- Conventional anglicization: meryt-ra

Proper noun

f

A female given name, Merytre.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mryt-rꜥ

mrt-rꜥ

mryt-rꜥ

mry-rꜥ

mrt-rꜥ

References

Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen‎, volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 159.7, 161.22

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