sḫt-jꜣrw

Egyptian

Etymology

sḫt (“field”) +‎ jꜣrw (“rushes, reeds”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally “field of reeds”.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛxɛt iɑruː/
- Conventional anglicization: sekhet-iaru

Proper noun

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a region of the afterworld that serves as the home of those judged righteous after death

Descendants

→ English: Field of Reeds, Fields of Yaru (calque)

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 32.6
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 9

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