nꜣy.f-ꜥꜣw-rwḏ

Egyptian

Etymology

nꜣy (demonstrative determiner) +‎ .f (“his”) +‎ ꜥꜣw (plural of ꜥꜣ (“great (one)”)) +‎ rwḏ (“to be firm, to prosper”) +‎ (.w) (masculine plural stative ending), thus literally ‘his great ones are prospering’, with ‘his great ones’ referring to his ancestors. Alternatively, it is possible that ꜥꜣw is not the plural of ꜥꜣ here but the abstract noun meaning ‘greatness’, thus ‘his greatness is prospering’; either interpretation is plausible.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɑiːʔɛf ɑːʔɑuː ruːd͡ʒ/
  • Conventional anglicization: nay.ef-aau-rudj

Proper noun

 m

1. a male given name, Nayfaurud

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nꜣy.f-ꜥꜣw-rwḏ  

nꜣj.f-ꜥꜣw-rwḏ	nꜣy.f-ꜥꜣ-rwḏ	n.f-ꜥꜣw-rwḏt	nꜣj.f-ꜥꜣw-rwḏ

References

• Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 170
• von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 115, 280