bjtj

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Egyptian

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Etymology

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Nominalized from bjt (bee) +‎ -j (nisba ending), literally ’the one of the bee’, the bee being an emblem of Lower Egypt.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bitt
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A45

 m

  1. king of Lower Egypt
  2. hereditary or ancestral king

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References

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  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 67.