nb-tꜣwj

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Egyptian

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Etymology

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From nb (lord) +‎ tꜣwj (the Two Lands) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘Lord of the Two Lands’, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.

Pronunciation

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(reconstructed Old Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˌnibuwˈtaʀwaj/

Noun

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nb
tA
tA

 m

  1. a common pharaonic epithet

References

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  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 68.