pr-nswt

Egyptian

Etymology

pr (“house”) +‎ nswt (“king”) in a direct genitive construction. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /pɛr nɛsuːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: per-nesut

Noun

 m

1. palace

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 221.