tꜣ-nṯr
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Egyptian
Etymology
tꜣ (“land”) + nṯr (“god”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘god’s land’.
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /taʀˈnaːcaɾ/ → /taʀˈnaːtaʔ/ → /təˈnaːta/ → /təˈnoːtə/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /tɑ nɛt͡ʃɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: ta-netjer
Noun
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References
- ^ For the pronunciation of the component words, cf. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 13, 35, 41, 49, 53, 56.