nfr-nfrw-rꜥ

Egyptian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

f

A female given name, Neferneferure

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nfr-nfrw-rꜥ

nfr-nfrw-rꜥ

References

Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen‎, volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 197.10

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