nfrt-jrj

Egyptian

Etymology

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

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /nafˈteːɾə/

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /nafˈteːɾə/, transcribed in cuneiform as 𒈾𒀊𒋼𒊏 (na-ap-te-ra)

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛfrɛt iri/
  • Conventional anglicization: nefret-iri

Proper noun

 f

1. a female given name, Nefertari

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nfrt-jrj  

nfrt-jrj	nfrt-jrj	nfrt-jrj	nfrt-jr	nfrt-rj

References

• Ranke, Hermann (1935), Die ägyptischen Personennamen‎, volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 201.16