nfr-nfrw-rꜥ

Egyptian

Etymology

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

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛfɛr nɛfɛruː rɑː/
  • Conventional anglicization: nefer-neferu-ra

Proper noun

 f

1. a female given name, Neferneferure

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nfr-nfrw-rꜥ  

nfr-nfrw-rꜥ

References

• Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen‎^[1], volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 197.10