sbk

See also: SBK

Translingual

Symbol

sbk

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Safwa.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Safwa terms

Egyptian

sbk at left, with Amenhotep III (at right) c. 1360 BC

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

 m

1. Sobek, the crocodile-god worshipped at Crocodilopolis and Kom Ombo

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sbk  

sbk	sbk

Derived terms

• nfrw-sbk
• zꜣ-sbk
• sbk-m-ḥꜣb
• sbk-ḥtp

Descendants

• Old Coptic: ⲥⲟⲩⲕⲏ (soukē)
• Bohairic Coptic: ⲥⲟⲩⲭⲓ (soukhi)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲟⲩⲕ (souk)
• → Ancient Greek: Σοῦχος (Soûkhos)
  • Greek: Σούχος (Soúchos)
  • → Latin: Sūchus
    • → English: Suchus
    • → Portuguese: Suco
• → English: Sobek

See also

• 𓆋, 𓆍

References

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 269.