Representing the Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus). The reason for the phonetic value jt is obscure, but Gardiner suggests it could come from the word’s use as a determinative in ꜣd (“to be angry or aggressive”) as sound changes brought this word closer in pronunciation to jt.
(jt)
- Biliteral phonogram for jt in jty (“sovereign”).
- Logogram for or determinative in mzḥ (“crocodile”).
- Logogram for or determinative in ḫntj (an epithet of the god Set as a crocodile).
- Determinative in words relating to crocodiles and their perceived qualities: ḥntj (“to be greedy”), skn (“greedy”), ꜥẖm (name of a demon, literally “Horrifier”), ꜣd (“to be angry or aggressive”), etc.
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 475
- Betrò, Maria Carmela (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN
