jꜣqt

Egyptian

Etymology

From Proto-Afroasiatic *wrḳ-. Cognate with Proto-Semitic *waraq- (“green”).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈjuʀqʼat/ → /ˈjuʀqʼaʔ/ → /ˈʔuːqʼa/ → /ˈʔeːqʼə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈjuʀqʼat/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈjuʀqʼaʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʔuːqʼa/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʔeːqʼə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iɑkɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: iaqet

Noun

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1. (collective) leeks
2. (collective) vegetables, greens (in general)
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 47–48:

     gm.n.j dꜣbw jꜣrrt jm jꜣqt nbt špst

     I found figs and grapes there, and splendid vegetables of all kinds.

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ⲏϫⲓ (ēči)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲏϭⲉ (ēce)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 34.1–34.2
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 9
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 243