nfrt-kꜣw

Egyptian

Etymology

nfrt (“beautiful (one)”) +‎ kꜣw (plural of kꜣ (“ka”)) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘the beautiful one of kas’.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈnafɾat ˈkuʀwaw/ → /ˈnafɾaʔ ˈkuʀwaw/ → /ˈnafɾə keːw/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈnafɾat ˈkuʀwaw/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈnafɾaʔ ˈkuʀwaw/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈnafɾə keːw/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛfrɛt kɑuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: nefret-kau

Proper noun

 f

1. a female given name, Nefertkau

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nfrt-kꜣw  

nfrt-kw

References

• Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen‎^[1], volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 203.6