Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bastet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English

Syllables
bastet
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The goddess of the sun and the moon, of cats, and Lower Egypt; one of the "Eyes / Daughters of Ra", the consort of Ptah, often depicted as having a she-cat's head.

Etymology

From Egyptian bꜣstjt (“Bastet”, literally “she of the ointment jar”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Bast (alternative) Baast (alternative) Ubasti (alternative) Basset (alternative) Phast (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Hathor Sekhmet

Questions

What does bastet mean?
The goddess of the sun and the moon, of cats, and Lower Egypt; one of the "Eyes / Daughters of Ra", the consort of Ptah, often depicted as having a she-cat's head.
Where does bastet come from?
It is traced to Egyptian.

How to pronounce bastet

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