nbw-kꜣw-rꜥ

nbw-kꜣw-rꜥ

Egyptian

Etymology

nbw (“golden”) +‎ kꜣw (“kas”) +‎ rꜥ (“Ra”), thus ‘golden (one) of the kas of Ra’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

(reconstructed Middle Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈnaːbiw ˈkuʀwaw ˈɾiːʕuw/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛbuː kɑuː rɑː/
  • Conventional anglicization: nub-kau-ra

Proper noun

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1. A throne name notably borne by Amenemhat II, a pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty

References

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