nbt-ḥwt

Egyptian

Etymology

nbt (“lady”) +‎ ḥwt (“enclosure”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘Lady of the Enclosure’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛbɛt huːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: nebet-hut

Proper noun

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1. the goddess Nephthys

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nbt-ḥwt  

nbt-ḥwt	nbt-ḥwt

Derived terms

• mswt-nbt-ḥwt

Descendants

• Old Coptic: ⲛⲉⲃⲑⲱ (nebthō)
• → Ancient Greek: Νέφθυς (Néphthus)
  • → English: Nephthys

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 148.