nb-mdw-nṯr

Egyptian

Etymology

nb (“lord, possessor”) +‎ mdw-nṯr (“sacred writings, hieroglyphic script”, literally “god’s word”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘lord of the god’s word’, i.e. ‘master of sacred writings’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛb mɛduː nɛt͡ʃɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: neb-medu-netjer

Noun

m

epithet of the god Thoth

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 181.6

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