šnḏwt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. shendyt, a kind of skirt worn by Ancient Egyptian men, usually made of linen [since the Pyramid Texts, except for the Greco-Roman Period]
  2. (literary, figuratively) protector [Middle Kingdom]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of the phonetic component of šnḏwt  








šnḏwt šnḏt šnḏyt šndyt šndy šndy
[Old Kingdom] [Old Kingdom] [Middle Kingdom] [Middle Kingdom] [19th-20th Dynasty] [19th-20th Dynasty]
Alternative determinatives of šnḏwt  
[Middle Kingdom] [New Kingdom]
Abbreviated writings of šnḏwt  

šnḏwt šnḏwt
[since the Old Kingdom] [since the Old Kingdom]

Descendants

  • → Ancient Greek: σινδών (sindṓn)
  • Demotic: šnt (“costume, kilt”)
    • Coptic: ϣⲛ̄ⲧⲱ (šn̄tō, “(linen) sheet, robe”) (Sahidic), ϣⲉⲛⲧⲱ (šentō) (Bohairic)

References

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