wḏꜣt
التعريفات والمعاني
== Egyptian ==
=== Etymology ===
From wḏꜣ (“to be intact”) + -t (“feminine ending”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /wɛd͡ʒɑt/
Conventional anglicization: wedjat
=== Proper noun ===
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(originally) the (dismembered and subsequently restored) Eye of Horus, a mythological conception of the full moon [since the Middle Kingdom]
the Eye of Ra
the eye of a god in general
epithet for various goddesses as the personified eyes of a god
an amulet in the form of the Eye of Horus
used in the names of constellations [Greco-Roman Period]
(in the dual) the actual eyes of a god or person [Greco-Roman Period]
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𓂀
=== Noun ===
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(Late Egyptian) a volumetric measure of grain, possibly equivalent to the ḥqꜣt (“heqat”)
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=== Noun ===
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sky, heaven
roof of a temple
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=== Noun ===
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a type of sword or knife
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=== Romanization ===
wḏꜣt
Alternative transliteration of bꜣqt (“an epithet for Egypt”).
=== References ===
Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961), Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN