bjnt

Egyptian

Etymology 1

bjn (“bad, evil”) +‎ -t (“feminine ending”)

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /binɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: binet

Noun

f

(uncountable) badness, evil

Descendants

Bohairic Coptic: ⲃⲟⲛⲓ (boni)
Fayyumic Coptic: ⲃⲁⲛⲓ (bani)
Sahidic Coptic: ⲃⲟⲟⲛⲉ (boone)

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈbajnVt/ → /ˈbajnVʔ/ → /ˈbajna/ → /ˈβajnə/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /binɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: binet

Noun

f

harp

Inflection

Declension of bjnt (feminine)

singular	bjnt
dual	bjntj
plural	bjnwt

Descendants

Demotic: bynt
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲱⲓⲛⲓ (ouōini)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲃⲟⲓⲛⲉ (boine)

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 444.10

Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 248

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