nṯr-ꜥꜣ

== Egyptian == === Etymology === nṯr (“god”) +‎ ꜥꜣ (“great, elder”), thus (conventionally) ‘the great god’ or (more accurately) ‘the elder god’. === Pronunciation === (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nɛt͡ʃɛr ɑːʔɑ/ Conventional anglicization: netjer-aa === Proper noun === m epithet for the dead former king, in contrast to nṯr-nfr for the currently living king epithet for the senior king in a coregency, in contrast to nṯr-nfr for the junior king a very common epithet of various gods, especially Osiris and Ra 12th Dynasty, Coffin of Nakht (PM 5999): ==== Derived terms ==== jmꜣḫw-ḫr-nṯr-ꜥꜣ ==== Descendants ==== Old Coptic: ⲛⲉⲧⲱ (netō) Coptic: ⲛⲉⲧⲟ (neto), ⲛⲉⲧⲁ (neta) (Dialect K) === References === Allen, James Peter (2015), Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 62 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, pages 13, 35, 53, 56, 57