ḏwt

See also: dwt and DWT

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Nominalized from ḏw (“evil, bad, wicked”) +‎ -t (feminine ending).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: djut

Noun

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1. (uncountable) evil
   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 22:

     jr ḏwt r šd-ḫrw wd qn zp.f spr(.w) r.f

     Evil has been done to the Disturber (Set), he who committed violence; his misdeed has caught up with him.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏwt  

ḏwt

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 230, 338.

Etymology 2

ḏw (“mountain”) +‎ -t (feminine ending).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: djut

Noun

 f

1. Alternative form of (ḏw, “mountain”)

Descendants

• → Arabic: طَوْد (ṭawd)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume V, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 545