bꜣstt

Egyptian

Etymology

bꜣst (“Bubastis”) +‎ -t (feminine nisba ending).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /buˈʀistit/ → /buˈʀistiʔ/ → /ʔuˈbesta/ → /ʔuˈβestə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /buˈʀistit/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /buˈʀistiʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔuˈbesta/, with metathesis of the first syllable as seen in the word’s descendants
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔuˈβestə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /bɑstɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: bastet

Proper noun

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1. Bastet, the cat-goddess worshipped at Bubastis

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bꜣstt  

bꜣstt	bꜣstt

Derived terms

• pꜣ-dj-bꜣstt
• p.f-ṯꜣw-ꜥwj-bꜣstt
• pr-bꜣstt

Descendants

• → Akkadian: 𒄫𒋾 (biš-ti /⁠ubešti, bīšti⁠/)
• → Akkadian: 𒌑𒁀𒋛𒋾 (ú-ba-si-ti /⁠ubešti⁠/)
• → Aramaic: אבסת
• Demotic: bꜣst
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲃⲁⲥϯ (oubasti)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲃⲁⲥⲧⲉ (oubaste)
• → Ancient Greek: -ούβαστις (-oúbastis) in Βούβαστις (Boúbastis)
• → English: Bastet, Bast

References

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 117
• Westendorf, Wolfhart (1965–1977) Koptisches Handwörterbuch, first edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, →ISBN, page 267