nbt-ḥwt
Egyptian
Etymology
nbt (“lady”) + ḥwt (“enclosure”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘Lady of the Enclosure’.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nɛbɛt ħuːt/
- Conventional anglicization: nebet-hut
Proper noun
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- the goddess Nephthys
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nbt-ḥwt
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Derived terms
- mswt-nbt-ḥwt
Descendants
- Old Coptic: ⲛⲉⲃⲑⲱ (nebthō)
- → Ancient Greek: Νέφθυς (Néphthus)
- → English: Nephthys
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 148.