nṯr ꜥꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

nṯr (“god”) +‎ ꜥꜣ (“great”), thus ‘the great god’.

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /nacaɾˈʕaʀ/ → /nataʔˈʕaʀ/ → /nətəˈʕaʔ/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛt͡ʃɛr ɑːʔɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: netjer aa

Proper noun

m

a very common epithet of various gods, especially Osiris and Ra
- 12th Dynasty, Kastensarg des Nacht (PM 5999):[1]
  
  ḥtp-ḏj-nswt wsjr nb ḏdw nṯr ꜥꜣ nb ꜣbḏw […]
  An offering given by the king and Osiris, the Lord of Djedu, the Great God, the Lord of Abydos […]
an epithet for a dead king

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.
Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 13, 35, 53, 56, 57

The Global Egyptian Museum (entry in German)

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