udjat · noun — synonym of Eye of Horus. It carries an Arena rating of 1213, earned across 8 head-to-head judged battles.
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Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, udjat ranks #1,100 of 17,115 for Most Storied Words, #1,259 of 17,148 for Most Vivid Words, #2,020 of 17,137 for Most Sublime Words, #3,332 of 17,154 for Most Whimsical Words.
Why “udjat” is a great word
An Egyptian symbol of protection, royal power, and restored integrity, representing the healed eye of the god Horus. From Egyptian wḏꜣt (wedjat), drawn from the root wḏꜣ, meaning 'to be whole, sound, or uninjured'. Unlike “Wadjet”—the cobra goddess whose name stems from a word for green—or the “ankh,” the abstract emblem of life, the udjat is the specific relic of a divine wound made whole. It is the lapis-lazuli eye on a pharaoh’s sarcophagus, the glazed faience amulet placed over a mummy’s incision, and the watchful profile gazing from the prow of a funeral barge—a testament that wholeness is not an original state, but a condition painstakingly regained.
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Etymology
From Egyptian wḏꜣt: w-DA-A-t-wDAt
noun
- Synonym of Eye of Horus.
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