jꜣwt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

 f

  1. office, dignity, position [since the Old Kingdom]
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 18:







      gm.n.tw ḥr ḫrw.f mꜣꜥ.w rdjw n.f jꜣwt nt (j)t.f
      Horus was found justified; the office of his father was given to him.
  2. function, role, duty
  3. (in the plural, by metonymy) officials, officeholders
  4. (Late Egyptian) occupation, profession
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜣwt  




jꜣwt jꜣwt jꜣwt jꜣwt jꜣwt jꜣwt jꜣt
Derived terms

Etymology 2

jꜣwj (“to be(come) old”) +‎ -t.

Noun

 f

  1. (uncountable) old age [since the Middle Kingdom]
    Synonym: jꜣw
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜣwt  

jꜣwt jꜣwt
[New Kingdom] [New Kingdom]

Etymology 3

jꜣw (“old man”) +‎ -t (feminine suffix).

Noun

 f

  1. old woman [since the Pyramid Texts]
Inflection
Declension of jꜣwt (feminine)
singular jꜣwt
dual jꜣwtj
plural jꜣwwt
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜣwt  
jꜣyt jꜣyt jꜣwt

Etymology 4

From the plural of jꜣt (“mound”).

Proper noun

 f pl

  1. (plural only) Egypt [Greco-Roman Period]

Etymology 5

Noun

 f pl

  1. (Late Egyptian) alternative form of ꜥwt (“four-legged animals, herds”)

References

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