nfrw-bjtj

Egyptian

Etymology

nfrw (“beauty”) +‎ bjtj (“king of Lower Egypt”), thus literally ‘the beauty of the king of Lower Egypt’. The written form apparently demonstrates honorific transposition; however, some authors read the name without transposition, as bjtj-nfrw.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛfɛruː biti/
  • Conventional anglicization: neferu-biti

Proper noun

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1. a female given name, Neferubity