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/

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

Proper noun

(originally) m or (later often) f (toponym)

Bubastis

Synonyms

bꜣst

Descendants

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

References

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