zꜣt-nswt

Egyptian

Etymology

zꜣt +‎ nswt in a direct genitive construction. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition of the (n)sw(t) glyph.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɑt nɛsuːt/
- Conventional anglicization: zat-nesut

Noun

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princess; daughter of the king

Inflection

Declension of zꜣt-nswt (feminine)

singular	zꜣt-nswt
dual	zꜣtj-nswt
plural	zꜣwt-nswt

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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