nbt-ḥwt

Egyptian

Etymology

nbt (“lady”) +‎ ḥwt (“enclosure”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘Lady of the Enclosure’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛbɛt huːt/
- Conventional anglicization: nebet-hut

Proper noun

m

the goddess Nephthys

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nbt-ḥwt

Hwt

nbt-ḥwt

nbt-ḥwt

Derived terms

mswt-nbt-ḥwt

Descendants

Old Coptic: ⲛⲉⲃⲑⲱ (nebthō)
→ Ancient Greek: Νέφθυς (Néphthus)
- → English: Nephthys

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 148.

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