ḏwt
See also: dwt and DWT
Egyptian
Etymology
Nominalized from ḏw (“evil, bad, wicked”) + -t (feminine ending).
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /d͡ʒuːt/
- Conventional anglicization: djut
Noun
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- (uncountable) evil
- c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 22:
- jr(w) ḏwt r šd-ḫrw wd qn zp.f spr(.w) r.f
- Evil has been done to the Disturber (Set), he who committed violence; his misdeed has caught up with him.
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏwt
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References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 338 page 230, 338.