bjtj

Egyptian

Etymology

Nominalized from bjt (“bee”) +‎ -j (“nisba ending”), literally ’the one of the bee’, the bee being an emblem of Lower Egypt.

Pronunciation

Noun

 m

  1. king of Lower Egypt
  2. hereditary or ancestral king

Inflection
Declension of bjtj (masculine)
singular bjtj
dual bjtjwj
plural bjtjw

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bjtj  
bjt

Derived terms

References
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
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