nb-ꜣbḏw

Egyptian

Etymology

nb (“lord”) +‎ ꜣbḏw (“Abydos”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘lord of Abydos’.

Pronunciation

• (reconstructed Old Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˌnibuwʀaˈbaːcʼaw/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛb ɑbɛd͡ʒuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: neb-abedju

Proper noun

 m

1. an epithet of the god Osiris

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 365–366.