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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
Proper noun
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- a female given name, Neferuptah
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nfrw-ptḥ
References
- Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen, volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 203.24
