tꜣ-nṯr

Egyptian

Etymology

tꜣ (“land”) +‎ nṯr (“god”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘god’s land’.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /taʀˈnaːcaɾ/ → /taʀˈnaːtaʔ/ → /təˈnaːta/ → /təˈnoːtə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /taʀˈnaːcaɾ/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /taʀˈnaːtaʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /təˈnaːta/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /təˈnoːtə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /tɑ nɛt͡ʃɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: ta-netjer

Noun

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1. distant lands to the east of Egypt

References

• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 129