Egyptian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
bhꜣ (“fan”) + -t.
Noun
f
- fan, flabellum made of ostrich feathers or flowers [New Kingdom and Greco-Roman Period]
Inflection
Declension of bht (feminine)
| singular
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bht
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| dual
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bhtj
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| plural
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bhwt
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bht
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| bhꜣ
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bht
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bhꜣyw
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| [19th to 20th Dynasty]
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[since the New Kingdom]
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[Greco-Roman Period]
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| in hieratic
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Derived terms
Etymology 2
From bhd (“to inhale, to cense”); the expected form *bhd of this noun is unattested.
Noun
m
- fragrance, pleasant scent [Greco-Roman Period]
- fragrant substance or perfume with which the eye is made full [Greco-Roman Period]
Inflection
Declension of bht (masculine)
| singular
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bht
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| dual
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bhtwj
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| plural
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bhtw
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bht
References
- “bh.t (lemma ID 56680)” and “bhd (lemma ID 56750)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae[1], Corpus issue 18, Web app version 2.1.5, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–26 July 2023
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[2], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 467.3–467.7, 467.15–467.16
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 83