ꜣwt-ꜥ

Egyptian

Etymology

From ꜣwj-ꜥ (“to extend one’s arm, to offer”), thus literally ‘stretching out the arm’.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

 f

  1. an epithet of the goddess Nekhbet

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwt-ꜥ  
ꜣw-ꜥ
[Greco-Roman Period]

Noun

 f

  1. offering(s), gift(s) [since Middle Kingdom literature]

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwt-ꜥ  







ꜣwt-ꜥ ꜣw-ꜥ ꜣw-ꜥ
[Greco-Roman Period] [Greco-Roman Period]

References
  • Wilson, Penelope (1991) A Lexicographical Study of the Ptolemaic Texts in the Temple of Edfu, Liverpool: University of Liverpool, page 4–5
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 5.6–5.7
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 2
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