wsrt

Egyptian

Etymology

wsr (“powerful”) +‎ -t (feminine ending), literally ‘the powerful one’.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈwasɾit/ → /ˈwasɾiʔ/ → /ˈwasɾa/ → /ˈwasɾə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwasɾit/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwasɾiʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwasɾa/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwasɾə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛsrɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: wesret

Proper noun

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1. the goddess Wosret

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wsrt  

wsrt

Derived terms

• z-n-wsrt

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 363.8–363.12