ḏrt

See also: drt, DRT, and drť

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈcʼaːɾat/ → /ˈtʼaːɾaʔ/ → /ˈtʼaːɾa/ → /ˈtʼoːɾə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈcʼaːɾat/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼaːɾaʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼaːɾa/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼoːɾə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɛrɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: djeret

Noun

 f

1. hand
2. (of an elephant) trunk

Inflection

Declension of ḏrt (feminine)

singular	ḏrt
dual	ḏrtj
plural	ḏrwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏrt  

ḏrt

Descendants

• Demotic: trt
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲧⲱⲣⲓ (tōri)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲧⲱⲣⲉ (tōre), ⲧⲟⲣⲉ (tore)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ⲧⲱⲣⲓ (tōri), ⲧⲱⲗⲓ (tōli), ⲧⲟⲗⲓ (toli), ⲧⲟⲣⲓ (tori)
  • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲧⲱⲣⲉ (tōre)
• → Hebrew: זֶרֶת (zereṯ)
  • → Classical Syriac: ܙܪܬܐ (zartå)
  • → Classical Mandaic: ࡆࡉࡓࡕࡀ
• → Ugaritic: 𐎏𐎗𐎚 (ḏrt)

See also

• 𓂧

Etymology 2

Noun

 f

1. (female) calf

Inflection

Declension of ḏrt (feminine)

singular	ḏrt
dual	ḏrtj
plural	ḏrwt

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 112, 215.