wsrt

Egyptian

Etymology

wsr (“powerful”) +‎ -t (feminine ending), literally ‘the powerful one’.

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈwasɾit/ → /ˈwasɾiʔ/ → /ˈwasɾa/ → /ˈwasɾə/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛsrɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: wesret

Proper noun

f

the goddess Wosret

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wsrt

wsr

I12

wsrt

Derived terms

z-n-wsrt

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 363.8–363.12

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