wḏꜣt
Egyptian
proper noun
Definitions
- (originally) the (dismembered and subsequently restored) Eye of Horus, a mythological conception of the full moon
- the Eye of Ra
- the eye of a god in general
- an amulet in the form of the Eye of Horus
- (in the dual) the actual eyes of a god or person
Etymology
Suffix from Egyptian wḏꜣ (be sound, be intact, procession).
Origin
Egyptian
wḏꜣ
Gloss
be sound, be intact, procession
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- udjat English
- swḏꜣ Egyptian
- wḏꜣ Egyptian
- šms wḏꜣ Egyptian
- ꜥnḫ wḏꜣ snb Egyptian