Tahuti
/təˈhuːti/noun
An alternative name or spelling for Djehuty, the ancient Egyptian god whom the Greeks identified as Thoth.
Did you know?Tahuti was associated with the ibis and baboon, and Egyptians credited him with recording the judgment of the dead and maintaining cosmic order through language and calculation.
Etymological Timeline
Old Kingdom, c. 2686–2181 BCE
Egyptian
Dḥwtj
“The ancient Egyptian name of the god later known as Thoth; the exact original name formation remains debated.”
Middle Egyptian
Egyptian
Ḏḥwtj
“A divine scribe, lunar deity, and master of writing, reckoning, magic, and sacred knowledge.”
Ptolemaic Period, 332–30 BCE
Greek
Thṓth
“Greek rendering of the Egyptian god’s name, identifying him with Hermes.”
Late Antiquity
Coptic
Thōout
“Coptic form of the deity’s name, inherited from Egyptian religious tradition.”
19th–20th Century
English
Tahuti / Tehuti
“Modern Egyptological and esoteric spellings of the Egyptian name Djehuty.”
Modern English
English
Thoth
“The conventional English name for the ancient Egyptian god of writing, wisdom, magic, and measurement.”