wḏyt

See also: WDYT

Egyptian

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛd͡ʒiːt/
- Conventional anglicization: wedjyt

From wḏj (“to depart, to stray”) +‎ -yt.

f

Declension of wḏyt (feminine)

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wḏyt

wḏyt

f

The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
1. flour content of bread

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 398.6–398.12, 399.13
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 74
James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 112.

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