nfr-nfrw-rꜥ

Egyptian

Etymology

From nfr (“beautiful (one)”) +‎ nfrw (“beautiful ones”, plural of nfr) +‎ rꜥ (“Ra”) in 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
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