wꜣst

Egyptian

Etymology

From wꜣs (“sceptre, rule”) +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

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

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.
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