nfrt-jrj

Egyptian

Etymology

nfrt (“beautiful (one)”) +‎ jrj (“with respect to it, thereto”), thus roughly ‘the most beautiful (one) among them’. The t and following j in this name are often transposed for aesthetic reasons.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛfrɛt iri/
- Conventional anglicization: nefret-iri

Proper noun

f

A female given name, Nefertari

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nfrt-jrj

nfrt-jrj

nfrt-jr

nfrt-rj

References

Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen‎, volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 201.16

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