bjtj

Egyptian

Etymology

Nominalized from bjt (“bee”) +‎ -j (“nisba ending”), literally ’the one of the bee’, the bee being an emblem of Lower Egypt.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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1. king of Lower Egypt
2. hereditary or ancestral king

Inflection

Declension of bjtj (masculine)

singular	bjtj
dual	bjtjwj
plural	bjtjw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bjtj  

bjt

Derived terms

• ꜣḫ-bjt
• nfrw-bjtj
• nswt-bjtj

 

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.