nfr-ḥtp

Egyptian

Etymology

nfr (“beautiful (one)”) +‎ ḥtp (“to be content”) +‎ (.w) (masculine singular stative ending), thus literally ‘the beautiful one is content’.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /nafˈħatpə/ → /nəfˈħatp(ə)/

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /nafˈħatpə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /nəfˈħatp(ə)/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛfɛr hɛtɛp/, /nɛfɛr hotɛp/
  • Conventional anglicization: nefer-hetep, nefer-hotep

Proper noun

 m

1. a male given name, Neferhotep

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nfr-ḥtp  

nfr-ḥtp	nfr-ḥtp.w

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Νεφώτης (Nephṓtēs)

References

• Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, pages 67, 72, 84
• von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 70–72, 205–207, 209
• Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen‎^[1], volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 198.14