jꜣqt
Egyptian
Etymology
From Proto-Afroasiatic *wrḳ-.[1] Cognate with Proto-Semitic *waraq- (“green”).
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈjuʀqʼat/ → /ˈjuʀqʼaʔ/ → /ˈʔuːqʼaʔ/ → /ˈʔeːqʼə/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /iɑkɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: iaqet
Noun
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- (collective) leeks
- (collective) vegetables, greens (in general)
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 47–48:
- gm.n.j dꜣbw jꜣrrt jm jꜣqt nbt špst
- I found figs and grapes there, and splendid vegetables of all kinds.
Descendants
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲏϫⲓ (ēči)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲏϭⲉ (ēce)
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 34.1–34.2
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 9
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 243
- Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 31–32