msqt
Egyptian
Etymology
m- (nomen loci-forming prefix) + sqr (“to strike, to beat”) + -t (feminine ending), thus perhaps ‘beaten path’.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɛskɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: mesqet
Proper noun
f
- a mythological region of the sky and the afterworld, perhaps identical with the longer form msqt-sḥdw, and possibly to be identified with the Milky Way
- part of the Theban necropolis
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of msqt
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Derived terms
- msqt-sḥdw
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 149.15–149.17
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 118