wꜥrt

Egyptian

Etymology

From Proto-Afroasiatic *waˁVr- (“leg”), according to Orel and Stolbova’s very tentative reconstruction. If so, perhaps cognate with Proto-West Chadic *war- (“leg”), whence Goemai warr, and Proto-Central Chadic *wVr (“leg”), whence Musgu werē.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɑːrɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: waret

Noun

 f

1. leg

Inflection

Declension of wꜥrt (feminine)

singular	wꜥrt
dual	wꜥrtj
plural	wꜥrwt

Descendants

(From the dual form:)

• ⇒ Sahidic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲉⲣⲏⲧⲉ (ouerēte)

Noun

 f

1. district

Inflection

Declension of wꜥrt (feminine)

singular	wꜥrt
dual	wꜥrtj
plural	wꜥrwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wꜥrt  

wꜥrt

Derived terms

• ḥwt-wꜥrt

Noun

 f

1. flight, escape

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 287.1–287.2, 287.4–287.8, 288.2–288.4
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 99, 313, 458.