bꜣkt

Egyptian

Etymology

bꜣk (“servant”) +‎ -t (feminine suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈbaʀkat/ → /ˈbaʀkaʔ/ → /ˈbaːka/ → /ˈβoːkə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈbaʀkat/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈbaʀkaʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈbaːka/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈβoːkə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /bɑkɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: baket

Noun

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1. (female) servant

Inflection

Declension of bꜣkt (feminine)

singular	bꜣkt
dual	bꜣktj
plural	bꜣkwt

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ⲃⲱⲕⲓ (bōki)

References

• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 41