nfr-nfrw-jtn

Egyptian

Etymology

From nfr (“beautiful (one)”) +‎ nfrw (“beautiful ones”, plural of nfr) +‎ jtn (“Aten”) in a series of direct genitive constructions, thus literally ‘beautiful one of the beautiful ones of Aten’, i.e. ‘most beautiful one of Aten’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

 
  • (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nɛfɛr nɛfɛruː itɛn/
    • Conventional anglicization: nefer-neferu-aten

Proper noun
 f
  1. a female given name, Neferneferuaten

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nfr-nfrw-jtn  
nfr-nfrw-jtn

References

  • Ranke, Hermann (1935), Die ägyptischen Personennamen‎[1], volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 197.9
  1. ^ Fecht, Gerhard (1960), “Amarra-Probleme (1–2)”, in Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde, volume 85, number 1, →DOI
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