mrt-nbtj

Egyptian

Etymology

mr(y)t (feminine perfective relative form of mrj) +‎ nbtj (“the Two Ladies”), literally ‘(she) whom the Two Ladies love’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛrɛt nɛbti/
  • Conventional anglicization: meret-nebti

Proper noun

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1. a female given name, Meretnebty

References

• Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen‎^[1], volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 159.4