ꜥḥꜣwtj

Egyptian

Etymology

ꜥḥꜣ (“to fight”) +‎ -wt +‎ -j.

Pronunciation

 

• (noun): (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ʕVħˈʀawtij/ → /ʕVħˈʀawtij/ → /ʕaˈħawtə/ → /ʕaˈħawt/

• (noun): (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʕVħˈʀawtij/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (noun): (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʕVħˈʀawtij/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (noun): (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʕaˈħawtə/
• (noun): (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʕaˈħawt/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑːhɑuːti/
  • Conventional anglicization: ahauti

Noun

 m

1. fighter, warrior, soldier [Middle Kingdom to New Kingdom]
2. (Late Egyptian, often attributive) male [since the 18th Dynasty]
   1. man, male human
   2. gander
   3. male god

Inflection

Declension of ꜥḥꜣwtj (masculine)

singular	ꜥḥꜣwtj
dual	ꜥḥꜣwtjwj
plural	ꜥḥꜣwtjw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥḥꜣwtj  

ꜥḥꜣwtj	ꜥḥꜣwtj	ꜥḥꜣtj
		[20th Dynasty]

Derived terms

• šrj ꜥḥꜣwtj

 

Descendants

• Demotic: ḥwt(j)
  • Akhmimic Coptic: ϩⲁⲩⲧ (haut)
  • Bohairic Coptic: ϩⲱⲟⲩⲧ (hōout)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ϩⲁⲟⲩⲧ (haout)
  • Old Coptic: ϩⲟⲟⲩⲛⲧ (hoount)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ϩⲟⲟⲩⲧ (hoout)

Verb

1. (Late Egyptian, intransitive) to be(come) quarrelsome, to quarrel (+ m-dj: to quarrel with (someone))

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN