bjtj

Egyptian

Etymology

Nominalized from bjt (“bee”) +‎ -j (“nisba ending”), literally ’the one of the bee’, the bee being an emblem of Lower Egypt.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /biti/
- Conventional anglicization: biti

Noun

m

king of Lower Egypt
hereditary or ancestral king

Inflection

Declension of bjtj (masculine)

singular	bjtj
dual	bjtjwj
plural	bjtjw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bjtj

L2 [bit]

X1 [t]

bjt

Derived terms

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.

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