Egyptian
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Etymology
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m- (nomen loci-forming prefix) + sqr (“to strike, to beat”) + -t (feminine ending), thus perhaps ‘beaten path’.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
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f
- a mythological region of the sky and the afterworld, perhaps identical with the longer form msqt-sḥdw, and possibly to be identified with the Milky Way
- part of the Theban necropolis
Alternative forms
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of msqt
Derived terms
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References
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- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 149.15–149.17
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 118