wꜣst

Egyptian

Etymology

From wꜣs (“sceptre, rule”) +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɑsɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: waset

Proper noun

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1. Thebes (ancient Egyptian city; modern Luxor)
2. the nome with its capital at Thebes

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wꜣst  

wꜣst	wꜣst	wꜣst

Derived terms

• wꜣstj (“Theban, epithet of Montu”)
• kꜣ-nḫt-ḫꜥ-m-wꜣst
• ḫꜥ-m-wꜣst

References

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 54
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 458.