tfnwt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /tVˈfuːnVt/ → /tVˈfuːnVʔ/ → /təˈfuːna/ → /təˈfeːnə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /tVˈfuːnVt/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /tVˈfuːnVʔ/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /təˈfuːna/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /təˈfeːnə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /tɛfnuːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: tefnut

Proper noun

 f

1. the goddess Tefnut [since the Pyramid Texts]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of tfnwt  

tfnt

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: -θφηνις (-thphēnis)
• Old Coptic: ⲧϥⲏⲛⲉ (tfēne)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 299.5–299.6
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 148.