mrt-nbtj
Egyptian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɛrɛt nɛbti/
- Conventional anglicization: meret-nebti
Proper noun
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- a female given name, Meretnebty
References
[edit]- Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen[1], volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 159.4