tꜣ-ṯnn

Egyptian

Etymology

From tꜣ (“land”) +‎ ṯnn (or possibly ṯnnj abbreviated), an inflection of ṯnj (“to lift up, to be distinguished”), thus literally meaning “land that is raised” or “land that becomes distinct”.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /tɑ t͡ʃɛnɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: ta-tjenen

Proper noun

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the god Tatenen, personification of the primeval mound, the first land that arose from the primeval waters at the creation of the world

References

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 131

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