jpt-swt

Egyptian

Etymology

jpt (“select, inner sanctum”) +‎ swt (plural of st (“place”)), thus literally ‘the (most) select of places’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ipɛt suːt/
- Conventional anglicization: ipet-sut

Proper noun

f

the temple of Karnak

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jpt-swt

jpt-swt

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 112, 276.

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