"Ammit" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈæmɪt/ Forms: Ammut [alternative], Ahemait [alternative]
Etymology: From Egyptian ꜥm-mwt (literally “devourer of the dead”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|egy|ꜥm-mwt|lit=devourer of the dead}} Egyptian ꜥm-mwt (literally “devourer of the dead”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ammit
  1. (Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian goddess, the Devourer of the Dead. Tags: Egyptian Translations (Egyptian funerary deity, the Devourer of the Dead): أمت [feminine] (Arabic), Amemait [feminine] (Czech), a-m-F10-m-t:Z2ss-A14 (ꜥm-mwt) [feminine] (Egyptian), Ammit [feminine] (German)

Alternative forms

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