ḏḥwtj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /cʼVˈħawtij/ → /tʼVˈħawtij/ → /tʼəˈħawtə/ → /tʼəˈħawt/

Proper noun

 m

  1. Thoth (god)
    • c. 1800 BCE, The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant (trans. Nederhof):




      ntk snnw n ḏḥwtj wḏꜥ nn rḏjt ḥr gs
      You are the equal of Thoth, who judges without being partial.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏḥwtj  


ḏḥwtj ḏḥwtj ḏḥwtj ḏḥwtj ḏḥwtj ḏḥwtj ḏḥwtj

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Coptic: ⲑⲱⲟⲩⲧ (thōout)
  • → Phoenician: *𐤈𐤇𐤅𐤕 (*ṭḥwt)[1]
  • → Ancient Greek: Τάαυτος (Táautos)
  • → Ancient Greek: Θώθ (Thṓth)
    • → Greek: Θωθ (Thoth)
    • → Latin: Thōth

Proper noun

 m

  1. the month of Thoth

Coordinate terms

Egyptian calendar months (New Kingdom/Theban)edit

Descendants

See also

References

  1. ^ West, M. L. (1994) “Ab ovo: Orpheus, Sanchuniathon, and the Origins of the Ionian World Model”, in The Classical Quarterly, volume 44, number 2, page 294: “Philo's Tααυτος probably represents Phoenician Ṭḥwt or Tḥwt, corresponding to the Egyptian Ḏḥwtj.”
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