bdt

See also: BDT

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /bɛdɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: bedet

Noun

f

emmer

Usage notes

Although the writing of this word largely changed to btj during the Middle Kingdom, it continued to be treated as a feminine noun, suggesting the -j was not pronounced.

Inflection

Declension of bdt (feminine)

singular	bdt
dual	bdtj
plural	bdwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bdt

bdt

btj

bꜣt

btj

[Old Kingdom]

[Coffin Texts]

[Middle Kingdom]

[Late Period]

[Greco-Roman Period]

abbreviation

Derived terms

šf-bdt

Descendants

Bohairic Coptic: ⲃⲱϯ (bōti)
Sahidic Coptic: ⲃⲱⲧⲉ (bōte)

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 275, 335.
Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 486.14–487.7

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