qdt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kɛdɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: qedet

Noun

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a qite, a measure of weight equivalent to ¹⁄₁₀ dbn, or 9.1 grams [New Kingdom, from the 18th Dynasty].

Inflection

Declension of qdt (feminine)

singular	qdt
dual	qdtj
plural	qdwt

Descendants

Demotic: qt
- Coptic: ⲕⲓⲧⲉ (kite)
  - → English: kite
- → English: qite

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 105.
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN

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