ḏdw

Egyptian

FWOTD – 4 May 2014

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɛduː/
  • Conventional anglicization: djedu

Proper noun

  m./f. topo.

1. an Old Kingdom necropolis complex situated near modern Cairo: Djedu (now Abusir)
2. (metonymically) the afterlife
   • 12th Dynasty, The Stela of Nakhti, BM EA 143:

     wsjr nb ḏdw nṯr ꜥꜣ […]

     Osiris, Lord of Djedu, the great god […]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏdw  

ḏdw	ḏdw	ḏdw	ddw	ḏdw
				[after the 12th Dynasty]

See also

• ꜣbḏw