pr-bꜣstt

Egyptian

Etymology

pr (“house”) +‎ bꜣstt (“Bastet”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘House of Bastet’.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˌpaɾuwbuˈʀistit/ → /ˌpaɾuwbuˈʀistiʔ/ → /pəɾuˈbesta/ → /pəɾuˈβestə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˌpaɾuwbuˈʀistit/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˌpaɾuwbuˈʀistiʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /pəɾuˈbesta/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /pəɾuˈβestə/

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

Proper noun

  m./f. topo.

1. Bubastis

Synonyms

• bꜣst

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Βούβαστις (Boúbastis)
  • → Latin: Būbastis
    • → English: Bubastis
• Bohairic Coptic: ⲡⲟⲩⲃⲁⲥϯ (poubasti)
• → Hebrew: פִּי־בֶסֶת

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926), Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 423.8