ḥrj-pḏt

Egyptian

Etymology

ḥrj (“being above”) +‎ pḏt (“bow (weapon)”), thus ‘(the one) over the bow’.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ħaɾijˈpiːcʼat/ → /ħaɾijˈpiːtʼaʔ/ → /ħəɾəjˈpiːtʼa/ → /ħəɾəjˈpiːtʼə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ħaɾijˈpiːcʼat/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ħaɾijˈpiːtʼaʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ħəɾəjˈpiːtʼa/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ħəɾəjˈpiːtʼə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛri pɛd͡ʒɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: heri-pedjet

Noun

 m

1. a high military rank; overseer of the troop

Inflection

Declension of ḥrj-pḏt (masculine)

singular	ḥrj-pḏt
dual	ḥrjwj-pḏt
plural	ḥrjw-pḏt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥrj-pḏt  

ḥrj-pḏt

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 571.1–571.5