Aaru
See also: 'a'aru
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Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Egyptian jꜣrw (“reeds”) as rendered in the outdated 19th-century transcription scheme developed by Karl Richard Lepsius (ȧāru), part of the complete term sḫt-jꜣrw (literally “field of reeds”).
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Aaru
- (Egyptian mythology) In ancient Egyptian mythology, the heavenly paradise where Osiris rules, described as boundless reed fields like those of the Nile Delta.
- Synonyms: Field of Reeds, Fields of Yaru