Nephthys

English

/ˈnɛfθɪs/

proper noun
Definitions
  • (Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian goddess, the wife of Set and sister of Isis, Osiris, and Set, worshiped as a protective goddess and nurse of the pharaoh and associated with funerary rites and the transition from life to death.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νέφθυς derived from Egyptian nbt-ḥwt (Nephthys).

Origin

Egyptian

nbt-ḥwt

Gloss

Nephthys

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