jnst

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Uncertain etymology. With different determinatives the word is associated with the soles of a human foot or the hoof of an animal, perhaps suggesting a correlation to its known anti-fungal properties, anethole still being used to treat athlete's foot and thrush.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /insɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: inset

Noun

 f

1. (medicine or literary) an edible plant, possibly anise, used medicinally [Middle Kingdom]

Inflection

Declension of jnst (feminine)

singular	jnst
dual	jnstj
plural	jnswt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jnst  

jnst

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: ἄνισον (ánison) (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /insɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: inset

Noun

 f

1. calf (of leg), thigh
   • c. 1800 BCE, Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus (UC 32057), page 1, line 4:

     kꜣp jrtj.sj ḥr jnst nt gnyw

     fumigating her eyes with goose leg fat.

Inflection

Declension of jnst (feminine)

singular	jnst
dual	jnstj
plural	jnswt

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 99.18-100.3