ḫꜥ.f-rꜥ

== Egyptian == === Etymology === From ḫꜥ (“to appear”) +‎ .f (“he”) +‎ rꜥ (“sun, Ra”), thus meaning ‘he appears as Ra’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition. === Pronunciation === (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /xɑːʔɛf rɑː/ Conventional anglicization: kha.ef-ra === Proper noun === m a throne name notably borne by Khafre or Khafra, a pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty ==== Alternative forms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Arabic: خَفْرَع (ḵafraʕ) → English: Khafre, Khafra → Ancient Greek: Χεφρήν (Khephrḗn), Κεφρήν (Kephrḗn), Κερφέρης (Kerphérēs), Χαβρύης (Khabrúēs) → English: Chephren With apparent influence from the form of his predecessor’s name, ḫw.f-wj: → Ancient Greek: Σοῦφις (Soûphis), Σαῶφις (Saôphis) === References === Leprohon, Ronald (2013), Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 36 von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984), Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 53, 179