ḏt

• (in the sense ‘olive’) (reconstructed Late Egyptian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʼajt/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: djet

1. cobra

1. a serekh name notably borne by Djet, a pharaoh of the First Dynasty

1. static, unchanging eternity

   Antonym: nḥḥ (“cyclical eternity”)

1. forever

1. body, form
2. statue
3. self

1. estate

1. serf

1. papyrus stalk

Borrowed from Semitic; compare Ugaritic 𐎇𐎚 (zt /⁠zêtu⁠/), Phoenician 𐤆𐤉𐤕 (zyt), Galilean Aramaic זֵיתָא (zētā), Classical Syriac ܙܝܬܐ (zaytā), Amharic ዘይት (zäyt, “olive oil”), Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn, “olive”), زَيْت (zayt, “oil, olive oil”), Hebrew זַיִת (záyit).

1. (Late Egyptian) olive tree
2. (Late Egyptian) olive (fruit)

• Demotic Egyptian: ḏjṱ
  • Bohairic Coptic: ϫⲱⲓⲧ (jōit)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ϫⲁⲓⲧ (jait)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ϫⲟⲉⲓⲧ (joeit)

• James P[eter] Allen (2010), Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 95, 109–110, 173, 187, 279.
• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961), Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
• Petrie, Flinders (1900) The royal tombs of the first dynasty, part I, plate XVII, 125-127
• von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984), Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, page 171