wrrt

Egyptian

Etymology

From wrr (“to be great”) +‎ -t (“feminine ending”).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /wVˈɾiɾjVt/ → /wVˈɾiʔjVʔ/ → /wəˈɾeʔjə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /wVˈɾiɾjVt/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /wVˈɾiʔjVʔ/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /wəˈɾeʔjə/

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

Proper noun

 f

1. the White Crown

References

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