pr-bꜣstt

Egyptian

Etymology

pr (“house”) +‎ bꜣstt (“Bastet”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘House of Bastet’.

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˌpaɾuwbuˈʀistit/ → /ˌpaɾuwbuˈʀistiʔ/ → /pəɾuˈbesta/ → /pəɾuˈβestə/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /pɛr bɑstɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: per-bastet

Proper noun

m./f. topo.

Bubastis

Synonyms

bꜣst

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: Βούβαστις (Boúbastis)
- → Latin: Būbastis
  - → English: Bubastis
Bohairic Coptic: ⲡⲟⲩⲃⲁⲥϯ (poubasti)
→ Hebrew: פִּי-בֶסֶת

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 423.8

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