ḥqꜣ-wꜣst
التعريفات والمعاني
== Egyptian ==
=== Etymology ===
From ḥqꜣ (“ruler”) + wꜣst (“Thebes”) in a direct genitive construction, thus “Ruler of Thebes”.
=== Pronunciation ===
(modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /hɛkɑ wɑsɛt/
Conventional anglicization: heqa-waset
=== Proper noun ===
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an epithet of the god Amun and his syncretized forms, such as Amun-Ra, Amun-Ra-Horakhty, and Min-Amun-Ra [since the New Kingdom]
c. 1150 BCE, votive bust of a ram with engraving of Amenhotep I (Wien, Ägyptische Sammlung, INV 1029):
(rare) an epithet of the god Ra-Horakhty
(rare) an epithet of the king
==== Alternative forms ====
=== References ===
“ḥqꜣ-Wꜣs.t (lemma ID 854429)” and “ḥqꜣ-Wꜣs.t (lemma ID 887990)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae[1], Corpus issue 20, Web app version 2.5.0, ed. by Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning […] and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils […], 2004–23 April 2026
Leitz, Christian; Budde, Dagmar; Dils, Peter; Goldbrunner, Lothar; Mendel, Daniela (2002), Christian Leitz, editor, Lexikon der ägyptischen Götter und Götterbezeichnungen, volumes 5: ḥ–ḫ, Leuven: Peeters, pages 502–503