nfrt-jrj
Egyptian edit
Etymology edit
nfrt (“beautiful (one)”) + jrj (“with respect to it, thereto”), thus roughly ‘the most beautiful (one) among them’. The t and following j in this name are often transposed for aesthetic reasons.
Pronunciation edit
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /nafˈteːɾə/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nɛfrɛt iri/
- Conventional anglicization: nefret-iri
Proper noun edit
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- a female given name, Nefertari
Alternative forms edit
References edit
- Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen[1], volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 201.16