Egyptian [ edit ]
Pronunciation [ edit ]
Etymology 1 [ edit ]
f
office , dignity , position [since the Old Kingdom]
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.
function , role , duty
( in the plural , by metonymy ) officials , officeholders
( Late Egyptian ) occupation , profession
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜣwt
jꜣwt
jꜣwt
jꜣwt
jꜣwt
jꜣwt
jꜣwt
jꜣt
Derived terms [ edit ]
Etymology 2 [ edit ]
jꜣwj ( “ to be(come) old ” ) + -t .
f
( uncountable ) old age [since the Middle Kingdom]
Synonym: jꜣw
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜣwt
jꜣwt
jꜣwt
[New Kingdom]
[New Kingdom]
Etymology 3 [ edit ]
jꜣw ( “ old man ” ) + -t ( feminine suffix ) .
f
old woman [since the Pyramid Texts]
Inflection [ edit ]
Declension of jꜣwt (feminine)
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜣwt
Etymology 4 [ edit ]
From the plural of jꜣt ( “ mound ” ) .
Proper noun [ edit ]
f pl
( plural only ) Egypt [Greco-Roman Period]
Etymology 5 [ edit ]
f pl
( Late Egyptian ) Alternative form of ꜥwt ( “ four-legged animals, herds ” )
References [ edit ]
James P[eter] 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 [1] , 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