jzj

Egyptian

Etymology

Unclear. Like many fifth-dynasty pharaohs’ birth names, this name may simply be a diminutive without any meaning of its own.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /izi/
  • Conventional anglicization: izi

Proper noun

 m

1. a male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Neferefre, a pharaoh of the Fifth Dynasty

References

• Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 39
• von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 55, 182