jfd-nṯr

Egyptian

Etymology

From jfd (“four-weave linen”) +‎ nṯr (“god”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘four-weave linen of the god’; or else the last element may represent nṯrj (“divine textile”). The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ifɛd nɛt͡ʃɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: ifed-netjer

Noun

 m

1. a kind of linen

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jfd-nṯr  

jfd-nṯr	jfd-nṯr

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 71.15