šnḏwt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Noun
S
n		 DwtS26

 f

  1. kilt made of šmꜥ-linen, especially the king’s kilt [since the Pyramid Texts, except for the Greco-Roman Period]
  2. (literary, figuratively) protector [Middle Kingdom]

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of the phonetic component of šnḏwt  
S
n		 D
w		 t
S
n		 D&t
Sn
n		 Diit
S
n
d		 iit
Sn
n		 d
y		 ii
Sn
n
d		 ii
šnḏwt šnḏt šnḏyt šndyt šndy šndy
[Old Kingdom] [Old Kingdom] [Middle Kingdom] [Middle Kingdom] [19th-20th Dynasty] [19th-20th Dynasty]
Alternative determinatives of šnḏwt  
S26
S28
V6
[Middle Kingdom] [New Kingdom]
Abbreviated writings of šnḏwt  
S26
S26
t
šnḏwt šnḏwt
[since the Old Kingdom] [since the Old Kingdom]

Descendants
  • → Ancient Greek: σινδών (sindṓn)
  • Demotic: šnt (“costume, kilt”)
    • Coptic: ϣⲛ̄ⲧⲱ (šn̄tō, “(linen) sheet, robe”) (Sahidic), ϣⲉⲛⲧⲱ (šentō) (Bohairic)

References
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