nfrw-ptḥ

Egyptian

Etymology

From nfrw (“beauty”) +‎ ptḥ (“Ptah”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘the beauty of Ptah’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

 f

1. a female given name, Neferuptah

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nfrw-ptḥ  

nfrw-ptḥ	nfrw-ptḥ

References

• Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen‎^[1], volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 203.24