wꜣst

Egyptian

Etymology

From wꜣs (“sceptre, rule”).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

f

Thebes, the main city of Upper Egypt.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wꜣst

R19

X1 [t]

O49

wꜣst

Derived terms

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

References

Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN

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