nḏt

See also: NDT

Egyptian

Etymology

n(j) (“of, belonging to”) +‎ ḏt (“(funerary) estate”), thus ‘(the one) belonging to the funerary estate’.[1]

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛd͡ʒɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: nedjet

Noun

f

subject, servant (especially used of foreign people and lands)

Inflection

Declension of nḏt (feminine)

singular	nḏt
dual	nḏtj
plural	nḏwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nḏt

nḏt

Derived terms

nḏyt

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 369.2–369.7
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 143

Gundacker, Roman (2011) “On the Etymology of the Egyptian Crown Name mrsw.t*: An “Irregular” Subgroup of m-Prefix Formations” in Lingua Aegyptia, volume 19, page 53

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