nfr-ḥtp

Egyptian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /nafˈħatpə/ → /nəfˈħatp(ə)/

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

Proper noun

m

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, volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 198.14

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