nfr-kꜣ-zkr

Egyptian

Etymology

From nfr (“pleasing, fine, good”) +‎ kꜣ (“ka”) +‎ zkr (“Sokar”), thus literally ‘the fine (one) of the ka of Sokar’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛfɛr kɑ zɛkɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: nefer-ka-zeker

Proper noun

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1. a throne name notably borne by Neferkasokar, a pharaoh of the Second Dynasty

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nfr-kꜣ-zkr  

nfr-kꜣ-zkr

References

• Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 30
• von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 49, 174