tꜣ-ṯnn
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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
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 131.