nꜣy.f-ꜥꜣw-rwḏ
Egyptian edit
Etymology edit
nꜣy (demonstrative determiner) + .f (“his”) + ꜥꜣw (plural of ꜥꜣ (“great (one)”)) + rwḏ (“to be firm, to prosper”) + (.w) (masculine plural stative ending), thus literally ‘his great ones are prospering’, with ‘his great ones’ referring to his ancestors. Alternatively, it is possible that ꜥꜣw is not the plural of ꜥꜣ here but the abstract noun meaning ‘greatness’, thus ‘his greatness is prospering’; either interpretation is plausible.
Pronunciation edit
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nɑiːʔɛf ɑːʔɑuː ruːd͡ʒ/
- Conventional anglicization: nay.ef-aau-rudj
Proper noun edit
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- a male given name, Nayfaurud
Alternative forms edit
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nꜣy.f-ꜥꜣw-rwḏ
References edit
- Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 170
- von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 115, 280