wꜥrt
Egyptian
Etymology
From Proto-Afro-Asiatic *waˁVr- (“leg”), according to Orel and Stolbova’s very tentative reconstruction.[1] If so, perhaps cognate with Proto-West Chadic *war- (“leg”), whence Goemai warr, and Proto-Central Chadic *wVr (“leg”), whence Musgu werē.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /wɑːrɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: waret
Noun
|
f
- leg
Inflection
Declension of wꜥrt (feminine)
| singular | wꜥrt |
|---|---|
| dual | wꜥrtj |
| plural | wꜥrwt |
Noun
|
f
- district
Inflection
Declension of wꜥrt (feminine)
| singular | wꜥrt |
|---|---|
| dual | wꜥrtj |
| plural | wꜥrwt |
Derived terms
- ḥwt-wꜥrt
Noun
|
f
- flight
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 313 page 99, 313.
- Orel, Vladimir E.; Stolbova, Olga V. (1995), “*waˁVr-”, in Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, § 2506, page 524