wꜣst
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Egyptian
Etymology
From wꜣs (“sceptre, rule”) + -t.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /wɑsɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: waset
Proper noun
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Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wꜣst
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| wꜣst | wꜣst | wꜣst |
Derived terms
- wꜣstj (“Theban, epithet of Montu”)
- kꜣ-nḫt-ḫꜥ-m-wꜣst
- ḫꜥ-m-wꜣst
References
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 54
- James P Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 458.