nbw-kꜣw-rꜥ

Egyptian

Etymology

nbw (“golden”) +‎ kꜣw (“kas”) +‎ rꜥ (“Ra”), thus ‘golden (one) of the kas of Ra’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛbuː kɑuː rɑː/
- Conventional anglicization: nub-kau-ra

Proper noun

m

A throne name notably borne by Amenemhat II, a pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 365.

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