sḫt-jꜣrw
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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