wšd r mdwt

Egyptian

Etymology

wšd (“to address, to question, to welcome”) +‎ r (“for, to”) +‎ mdwt (“words, speech”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛʃɛd ɛr mɛduːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: weshed er medut

Verb

 compound

1. (transitive) to invite to speak [Middle Kingdom]

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926), Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 375.9
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962), A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 71