nṯrj-kꜣ-rꜥ

Egyptian

Etymology

From nṯrj (“divine (one)”) +‎ kꜣ (“ka”) +‎ rꜥ (“sun, Ra”) in a series of direct genitive constructions, thus literally ‘Divine One of the Ka of Ra’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

• (reconstructed Old Egyptian) IPA^(key): /nucˈɾij kuʀ ˈɾiːʕuw/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛt͡ʃɛri kɑ rɑː/
  • Conventional anglicization: netjeri-ka-ra

Proper noun

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1. A throne name notably borne by Netjerikare, a pharaoh of the Sixth Dynasty.

References

• Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 44
• von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 58, 186