mrt-nbtj

Egyptian

Etymology

mr(y)t (feminine perfective relative form of mrj) +‎ nbtj (“the Two Ladies”), literally ‘(she) whom the Two Ladies love’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛrɛt nɛbti/
- Conventional anglicization: meret-nebti

Proper noun

f

a female given name, Meretnebty

References

Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen‎, volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 159.4

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