ushabti

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /uːˈʃabti/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. In Ancient Egypt, a figurine of a dead person, placed in their tomb to do their work for them in the afterlife.
    — These little images were called in Egyptian “Ushabti,” or “Respondents,” and were in fact supposed to act as servants of the deceased, it being their duty to answer for him and serve as his substitutes when called upon to do labourer's work [...].

词形变化

ushabtiu plural ushabtis plural shabti alternative shawabti alternative

词源

Borrowed from Egyptian w-S-b-t:y-A53 (wšbtj, “ushabti”, literally “answerer”), by folk etymology from earlier SA-wA-b-t:y-A53 (šꜣwꜣbtj), perhaps from S-wA-b-M1 (šwꜣb, “persea (tree)”), which may have been the material they were originally made from. The variant forms shawabti, shabti are borrowed directly from the earlier Egyptian forms šꜣwꜣbtj and šꜣbtj, respectively.
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