wdpw

Egyptian

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic وَصِيف (waṣīf, “young man, servant”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛdpuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: wedpu

Noun

 m

1. butler, waiter

   Synonym: wbꜣ

Inflection

Declension of wdpw (masculine)

singular	wdpw
dual	wdpwwj
plural	wdpww

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 122.