tfnwt

tfnwt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /tVˈfeːnVʔ/ → /təˈfeːnə/

• (Medio-Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /tVˈfeːnVʔ/
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /təˈfeːnə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /tɛfnuːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: tefnut

Proper noun

 f

1. the goddess Tefnut

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of tfnwt  

tfnt

Descendants

• Old Coptic: ⲧϥⲏⲛⲉ (tfēne)

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.