sḫmt

Egyptian

Etymology

sḫm (“to be powerful, to have power over”) +‎ -t (“feminine suffix”).

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈsaχmat/ → /ˈsaχmaʔ/ → /ˈsaχmə/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛxmɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: sekhmet

Proper noun

the goddess Sekhmet

Descendants

Old Coptic: ⲥⲁⲭⲙⲓ (sakhmi)
→ Ancient Greek: Σαχμίς (Sakhmís)
→ English: Sekhmet (learned)

References

Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 203
Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 59, 60, 63
James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 359.

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