qdt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kɛdɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: qedet

Noun

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1. a qite, a measure of weight equivalent to ¹⁄₁₀ dbn, or 9.1 grams [New Kingdom, from the 18th Dynasty].

Inflection

Declension of qdt (feminine)

singular	qdt
dual	qdtj
plural	qdwt

Descendants

• Demotic: qt
  • Coptic: ⲕⲓⲧⲉ (kite)
    • → English: kite
  • → English: qite

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 105.
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN