jꜣqt

Egyptian

Etymology

From Proto-Afroasiatic *wrḳ-.[1] Cognate with Proto-Semitic *waraq- (“green”).

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈjuʀqʼat/ → /ˈjuʀqʼaʔ/ → /ˈʔuːqʼaʔ/ → /ˈʔeːqʼə/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iɑkɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: iaqet

Noun

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(collective) leeks
(collective) vegetables, greens (in general)
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 47–48:
  
  gm.n.j dꜣbw jꜣrrt jm jꜣqt nbt špst
  I found figs and grapes there, and splendid vegetables of all kinds.

Descendants

Bohairic Coptic: ⲏϫⲓ (ēči)
Sahidic Coptic: ⲏϭⲉ (ēce)

References

Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 34.1–34.2
Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 9
Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 243

Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 31–32

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