nfr-nfrw-rꜥ
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Egyptian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]nfr (“beautiful (one)”) + nfrw (“beautiful ones”, plural of nfr) + rꜥ (“Ra”) as a series of direct genitive constructions, thus literally ‘beautiful one of the beautiful ones of Ra’, i.e. ‘most beautiful one of Ra’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nɛfɛr nɛfɛruː rɑː/
- Conventional anglicization: nefer-neferu-ra
Proper noun
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- a female given name, Neferneferure
Alternative forms
[edit]Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nfr-nfrw-rꜥ
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References
[edit]- Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen[1], volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 197.10