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- Egyptian · borrowed frombꜣstjt“Bastet”
- English todayBastet
From Egyptian bꜣstjt (“Bastet”, literally “she of the ointment jar”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bastet
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
Egyptian bꜣstjt