ḥwꜣꜣt

Egyptian

Etymology

From ḥwꜣ (“to putrefy”).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ħuːɑʔɑt/
- Conventional anglicization: huaat

Noun

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putrefaction
matter seen as putrefying, such as feces or fluid discharged by a corpse

Usage notes

This term is found almost exclusively in religious texts.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥwꜣꜣt

Aa3

ḥwꜣwt

References

Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 51.1–51.5
Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 166

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