ḏḥwtj

Egyptian

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /cʼVˈħawtij/ → /tʼVˈħawtij/ → /tʼəˈħawtə/ → /tʼəˈħawt/

Proper noun
G26
t y		 C3

 m

  1. Thoth (god)
    • c. 1800 BCE, The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant (trans. Nederhof):
      n&t&k snn
      nw W      		 A1Z1Z1nG26
      t y      		 G7Aa21Y1D35
      n      		 r
      a      		 tHrZ1gsZ1
      ntk snnw n ḏḥwtj wḏꜥ nn rḏjt ḥr gs
      You are the equal of Thoth, who judges without being partial.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏḥwtj  
D
H w		 t
y		 C3
tC3
t
X2		 C3
iG7
G26
G26A40
G26
t Z4		 G7
ḏḥwtj ḏḥwtj ḏḥwtj ḏḥwtj ḏḥwtj ḏḥwtj ḏḥwtj

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Coptic: ⲑⲱⲟⲩⲧ (thōout)
  • → Phoenician: *𐤈𐤇𐤅𐤕 (*ṭḥwt)[1]
  • → Ancient Greek: Τάαυτος (Táautos)
  • → Ancient Greek: Θώθ (Thṓth)
    • Greek: Θωθ (Thoth)
    • → Latin: Thoth

Proper noun
G26
t y		 G7W3
ra

 m

  1. The month of Thoth

Descendants

See also

References
  1. West, M. L. (1994) “Ab ovo: Orpheus, Sanchuniathon, and the Origins of the Ionian World Model”, in The Classical Quarterly, volume 44, number 2, page 294: “Philo's Tααυτος probably represents Phoenician Ṭḥwt or Tḥwt, corresponding to the Egyptian Ḏḥwtj.”
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