nṯr-nfr

Egyptian

Etymology

nṯr (“god”) +‎ nfr (“pleasing, good, perfect”), thus ‘the pleasing/good/perfect god’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛt͡ʃɛr nɛfɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: netjer-nefer

Proper noun

m

an epithet of the king, often appended as a title either before all other titles or immediately before or after the king’s names
(less commonly) an epithet for various gods, especially Osiris

References

Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 361.10–362.3
Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 142

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