jꜣwt

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iɑuːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: iaut

 f

1. office, dignity, position
   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 18:

     gm.n.tw ḥr ḫrw.f mꜣꜥ.w rdjw n.f jꜣwt nt (j)t.f

     Horus was found justified; the office of his father was given to him.

2. function, role, duty
3. (in the plural, by metonymy) officials, officeholders
4. (Late Egyptian) occupation, profession

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜣwt  

jꜣwt	jꜣwt	jꜣwt	jꜣwt	jꜣwt	jꜣwt	jꜣt

• jꜣwtj

jꜣwj (“to be(come) old”) +‎ -t.

 f

1. (uncountable) old age

   Synonym: jꜣw

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜣwt  

jꜣwt	jꜣwt

jꜣw (“old man”) +‎ -t (feminine suffix).

 f

1. old woman

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜣwt  

jꜣyt	jꜣyt	jꜣwt

From the plural of jꜣt (“mound”).

 f pl

1. (plural only) Egypt

 f pl

1. (Late Egyptian) Alternative form of ꜥwt (“four-legged animals, herds”)

• James P Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 455.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 242
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 26.13, 28.13–28.14, 29.3, 29.7–29.13, 29.15–29.16
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 7–8