dšrt

See also: ḏsrt

Egyptian

Etymology

From dšr (“red”) +‎ t (“feminine ending”), thus literally meaning ‘the red one’.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼaʃɾat/ → /ˈtʼaʃɾaʔ/ → /ˈtʼaʃɾa/ → /ˈtʼaʃɾə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼaʃɾat/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼaʃɾaʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼaʃɾa/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼaʃɾə/

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

Proper noun

 f

1. The desert that surrounds Egypt and the Nile River Valley.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of dšrt  

dšrt	dšrt	dšrt	dšrt	dšrt	dšrt

Proper noun

 f

1. The Red Crown, Deshret

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of dšrt  

dšrt	dšrt	dšrt	dšrt

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 184.