jmj-dwꜣt

Egyptian

Etymology

jmj (“being in”) +‎ dwꜣt (“afterworld”), thus ‘(that which) is in the afterworld’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /imi duːɑt/
  • Conventional anglicization: imi-duat

Proper noun

 m

1. the Amduat, a popular funerary text in the genre of netherworld guides

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 323.