nṯr-ꜥꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

nṯr (“god”) +‎ ꜥꜣ (“great”), thus ‘the great god’.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /nacaɾˈʕaʀ/ → /nataʔˈʕaʀ/ → /nətəˈʕaʔ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /nacaɾˈʕaʀ/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /nataʔˈʕaʀ/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /nətəˈʕaʔ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛt͡ʃɛr ɑːʔɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: netjer-aa

Proper noun

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1. a very common epithet of various gods, especially Osiris and Ra
   • 12th Dynasty, Kastensarg des Nacht (PM 5999):

     ḥtp-ḏj-nswt wsjr nb ḏdw nṯr ꜥꜣ nb ꜣbḏw […]

     An offering given by the king and Osiris, the Lord of Djedu, the Great God, the Lord of Abydos […]

2. an epithet for a dead king

Derived terms

• jmꜣḫw-ḫr-nṯr-ꜥꜣ

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 365.
• Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 13, 35, 53, 56, 57