nfr-nfrw-jtn

Egyptian

Etymology

nfr (“beautiful (one)”) +‎ nfrw (“beautiful ones”, plural of nfr) +‎ jtn (“Aten”) as a series of direct genitive constructions, thus literally ‘beautiful one of the beautiful ones of Aten’, i.e. ‘most beautiful one of Aten’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛfɛr nɛfɛruː itɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: nefer-neferu-aten

Proper noun

f

A female given name, Neferneferuaten

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nfr-nfrw-jtn

nfr-nfrw-jtn

References

Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen‎, volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 197.9

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