Editing Nut (goddess) (section)

== Names ==
The pronunciation of [[Egyptian language|ancient Egyptian]] is uncertain because vowels were long omitted from its writing, although her name often includes the unpronounced [[determinative]] [[Egyptian hieroglyphs|hieroglyph]] for "[[sky (hieroglyph)|sky]]". Her name ''{{lang|egy|Nwt}}'', itself also meaning "Sky",<ref>{{citation |title=Wörterbuch der Ägyptischen Sprache |trans-title=Dictionary of the Egyptian Language |editor1-first=Adolf |editor1-last=Erman |editor2-first=Hermann |editor2-last=Grapow |display-editors=1 |page=214 |date=1957 |language=de}}</ref> is usually transcribed as "Nut" but also sometimes appears in older sources as '''Nunut''', '''Nenet''', '''Nuit''' or '''Not'''.<ref name="budge">Budge, ''An Egyptian hieroglyphic dictionary'' (1920), [https://archive.org/stream/egyptianhierogly01budguoft#page/350/mode/2up p. 350].</ref>

She also appears in the hieroglyphic record by a number of [[epithet]]s, not all of which are understood.