jt-nṯrw

Egyptian

Etymology

jt (“father”) +‎ nṯrw, plural of nṯr (“god”), in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘Father of the Gods’.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˌjatijnaˈcuːɾaw/ → /ˌjatijnaˈtuːɾaw/ → /ˌʔatənəˈtuːɾə/ → /ˌʔatənəˈteːɾ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˌjatijnaˈcuːɾaw/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˌjatijnaˈtuːɾaw/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˌʔatənəˈtuːɾə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˌʔatənəˈteːɾ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /it nɛt͡ʃɛruː/
  • Conventional anglicization: it-netjeru

Proper noun

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1. an epithet of the god Nu

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 130.