bjnt

Egyptian

Etymology 1

bjn (“bad, evil”) +‎ -t (“feminine ending”)

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /binɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: binet

Noun

 f

1. (uncountable) badness, evil

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ⲃⲟⲛⲓ (boni)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲃⲁⲛⲓ (bani)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲃⲟⲟⲛⲉ (boone)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈbajnVt/ → /ˈbajnVʔ/ → /ˈbajna/ → /ˈβajnə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈbajnVt/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈbajnVʔ/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈbajna/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈβajnə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /binɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: binet

Noun

 f

1. harp

Inflection

Declension of bjnt (feminine)

singular	bjnt
dual	bjntj
plural	bjnwt

Descendants

• Demotic: bynt
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲱⲓⲛⲓ (ouōini)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲃⲟⲓⲛⲉ (boine)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 444.10