mryt-rꜥ
Egyptian
Etymology
mryt (feminine perfective relative form of mrj) + rꜥ (“Ra”), thus literally ‘(she) whom Ra loves’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɛriːt rɑː/
- Conventional anglicization: meryt-ra
References
- Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen, volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, pages 159.7, 161.22
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