tꜣ-ꜣḫtjw
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Egyptian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
tꜣ (“land”) + ꜣḫtj (“Akhet-dweller”) + -w (plural suffix) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘land of the Akhet-dwellers’.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /tɑ ɑxtiuː/
- Conventional anglicization: ta-akhtiu
Proper noun[edit]
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- a distant land described as a source of dwarfs
Alternative forms[edit]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of tꜣ-ꜣḫtjw
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References[edit]
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 18.6
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 5
- Kuentz, Charles (1920) “Autour d’une conception égyptienne méconnue: l’Akhit ou soi-disant horizon” in Le Bulletin de l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale (BIFAO) volume 17, page 121–190