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

N26 [Dw]

Z7 [W]

X1 [t]

G37 [nDs]

ḏwt

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.

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