r jqr

Egyptian

Etymology

r (“regarding, with respect to”) +‎ jqr (“what is excellent or exceedingly so”).

Pronunciation

(reconstructed Late Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ʔəˈjoːqʼə/
(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɛr ikɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: er iqer

Adverb

(Late Egyptian) very, exceedingly

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 137.18
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 31–32

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