jnst

Egyptian

Etymology

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 trush.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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)
  • Greek: άνισον (ánison)
  • → Arabic: أَنِيسُون (ʔanīsūn), يَنْسُون (yansūn), يَانْسُون (yānsūn), أَنْسُون (ʔansūn) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Georgian: ანისული (anisuli)
  • → Latin: anīsum (see there for further descendants)
  • → Middle Armenian: անիսոն (anison), անիսուն (anisun)
    • Armenian: անիսոն (anison)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN