bꜣstt

bꜣstt

Egyptian

Etymology

bꜣst (“Bubastis”) +‎ -t (feminine nisba ending).[1]

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /buˈʀistit/ → /buˈʀistiʔ/ → /ʔuˈβestə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /buˈʀistit/[2]
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /buˈʀistiʔ/
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔuˈβestə/, with metathesis of the first syllable as seen in the word’s descendants[3]

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /bɑstɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: bastet

Proper noun

 f

1. Bastet, the cat-goddess worshipped at Bubastis

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bꜣstt  

bꜣstt	bꜣstt

Derived terms

• pꜣ-dj-bꜣstt
• p.f-ṯꜣw-ꜥwj-bꜣstt

Descendants

• → Akkadian: 𒄫𒋾 (biš-ti /ubešti, bīšti/)
• → Akkadian: 𒌑𒁀𒋛𒋾 (ú-ba-si-ti /ubešti/)
• → Aramaic: אבסת‎
• Demotic: bꜣst
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲃⲁⲥϯ (oubasti)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲃⲁⲥⲧⲉ (oubaste)
• → Ancient Greek: -ούβαστις (-oúbastis) in Βούβαστις (Boúbastis)

References

• Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 117
• Westendorf, Wolfhart (1965–1977) Koptisches Handwörterbuch, first edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, →ISBN, page 267

1. Takács, Gábor (2001) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 2, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 86, →ISBN
2. Osing, Jürgen (1976) Die Nominalbildung des Ägyptischen, pages 310, 376, 855–856; Osing reconstructs *b(u)ꜣést˘t. The value of the final vowel is determined from its origin as a feminine nisba ending.
3. te Velde, Herman (1999) “Bastet” in Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible, second edition, page 165