nt-jqr.t

Egyptian

Etymology

nt (“Neith”) +‎ jqr (“to be excellent”) +‎ .t(j) (feminine singular stative ending), thus literally ‘Neith is excellent’.

While correct uses of this name are attested for non-royal individuals, the name’s application to a sixth dynasty pharaoh/queen likely originated as an error for nṯrj-kꜣ-rꜥ made long after the time of the pharaoh who bore that name.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛt ikɛrʔti/
  • Conventional anglicization: net-iqer.ti

Proper noun

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1. a female given name, Nitocris or Netiqret

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nt-jqr.t  

nt-jqr.tj

from the Turin King List, likely error for nṯrj-kꜣ-rꜥ

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Νίτωκρις (Nítōkris)
  • Greek: Νίτωκρις (Nítokris)
  • Latin: Nitōcris

References

• Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN
• Ryholt, Kim (2000) “The Late Old Kingdom in the Turin King-list and the Identity of Nitocris” in Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache, vol. 127, pp. 87–100