nfrw-rꜥ

Egyptian

Etymology

nfrw (“beauty”) +‎ rꜥ (“Ra”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘The Beauty of Ra’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

f

a female given name, Neferure

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nfrw-rꜥ

nfrw-rꜥ

References

Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen‎, volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 204.1

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