nfr-ḥtp

Egyptian

Etymology

nfr (“beautiful (one)”) +‎ ḥtp (“to be content”) +‎ (.w) (masculine singular stative ending), thus literally ‘the beautiful one is content’.

Pronunciation

 
  • (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nɛfɛr hɛtɛp/, /nɛfɛr hotɛp/
    • Conventional anglicization: nefer-hetep, nefer-hotep

Proper noun

 m

  1. a male given name, Neferhotep

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nfr-ḥtp  



nfr-ḥtp nfr-ḥtp.w

Descendants

  • → Ancient Greek: Νεφώτης (Nephṓtēs)

References

  • Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, pages 67, 72, 84
  • von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 70–72, 205–207, 209
  • Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen‎[1], volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 198.14
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