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wadjet

wadjet is the alternative form of udjat.

Meaning of udjat

Noun

udjat (plural udjats)

  1. Synonym of Eye of Horus.
    Synonyms:
    Eye of Horus

Proper noun capitalized: Wadjet

Wadjet

  1. (Egyptian) 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.

Forms of wadjet

Noun
pluralwadjets
Proper noun
alternative formWadjit

Origin of wadjet

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

Questions about wadjet

What does wadjet mean?
Wadjet means 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.
What is wadjet the alternative form of?
Wadjet is the alternative form of udjat.
What part of speech is wadjet?
Wadjet is a proper noun.

Words near wadjet in the dictionary

  1. Wadiyara Koli
  2. Wadjak
  3. wadjela
  4. wadjelas
  5. Wadjemup
  6. wadjet
  7. wadjets
  8. Wadle
  9. Wadleigh
  10. Wadleighs
  11. Wadles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wadjet (page history and authors); Wadjet (page history and authors); udjat (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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