English Explanatory Dictionary

Wadjet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The patron goddess and namesake of the Ancient Egyptian city of Per-Wadjet, known as Buto to the Greeks. Wadjet takes the form of a cobra and is associated with the Eye of Horus.
noun
  1. Alternative form of udjat (“the Eye of Horus”).

Word forms

Wadjet Wadjit wadjets

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian wAD-t-I12 (wꜣḏt, “Wadjet”, literally “green one”), an allusion to the skin of the cobra. Doublet of Buto.

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