bdt

See also: BDT

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /bɛdɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: bedet

Noun

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1. emmer

Usage notes

Although the writing of this word largely changed to btj during the Middle Kingdom, it continued to be treated as a feminine noun, suggesting the -j was not pronounced.

Inflection

Declension of bdt (feminine)

singular	bdt
dual	bdtj
plural	bdwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bdt  

bdt	bdt	bdt	bdt	btj	btj	bꜣt	btj
[Old Kingdom]	[Old Kingdom]	[Old Kingdom]	[Coffin Texts]	[Middle Kingdom]	[Late Period]	[Greco-Roman Period]	[Greco-Roman Period]
abbreviation	abbreviation

Derived terms

• šf-bdt

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ⲃⲱϯ (bōti)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲃⲱⲧⲉ (bōte)

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 275, 335.
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 486.14–487.7