šnḏwt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃɛnd͡ʒuːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: shendjut

Noun

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1. kilt made of šmꜥ-linen, especially the king’s kilt [since the Pyramid Texts, except for the Greco-Roman Period]
2. (literary, figuratively) protector [Middle Kingdom]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of the phonetic component of šnḏwt  

šnḏwt	šnḏt	šnḏyt	šndyt	šndy	šndy
[Old Kingdom]	[Old Kingdom]	[Middle Kingdom]	[Middle Kingdom]	[19th-20th Dynasty]	[19th-20th Dynasty]

Alternative determinatives of šnḏwt  

	[Middle Kingdom]	[New Kingdom]

Abbreviated writings of šnḏwt  

šnḏwt	šnḏwt
[since the Old Kingdom]	[since the Old Kingdom]

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: σινδών (sindṓn)
  • → Classical Syriac: ܣܕܘܢܐ
  • → Latin: sindon
    • → English: sindon
• Demotic: šnt (“costume, kilt”)
  • Coptic: ϣⲛ̄ⲧⲱ (šn̄tō, “(linen) sheet, robe”) (Sahidic), ϣⲉⲛⲧⲱ (šentō) (Bohairic)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN