bꜣstt

Egyptian

Etymology

bꜣst (“Bubastis”) +‎ -t (feminine nisba ending).[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /buˈʀistit/ → /buˈʀistiʔ/ → /ʔuˈbesta/ → /ʔuˈβestə/

Proper noun

 f

  1. Bastet, the cat-goddess worshipped at Bubastis

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bꜣstt  

bꜣstt bꜣstt

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Akkadian: 𒄫𒋾 (biš-ti /⁠ubešti, bīšti⁠/)
  • → Akkadian: 𒌑𒁀𒋛𒋾 (ú-ba-si-ti /⁠ubešti⁠/)
  • → Aramaic: אבסת
  • Demotic: bꜣst
  • → Ancient Greek: -ούβαστις (-oúbastis) in Βούβαστις (Boúbastis)
  • → English: Bastet, Bast

References

  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 117
  • Westendorf, Wolfhart (1965–1977) Koptisches Handwörterbuch, first edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, →ISBN, page 267
  1. ^ Takács, Gábor (2001) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 2, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 86, →ISBN
  2. ^ Osing, Jürgen (1976) Die Nominalbildung des Ägyptischen, pages 310, 376, 855–856; Osing reconstructs *b(u)ꜣést˘t. The value of the final vowel is determined from its origin as a feminine nisba ending.
  3. ^ te Velde, Herman (1999) “Bastet” in Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible, second edition, page 165
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