jnst

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Uncertain etymology. With different determinatives the word is associated with the soles of a human foot or the hoof of an animal, perhaps suggesting a correlation to its known anti-fungal properties, anethole still being used to treat athlete's foot and thrush.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /insɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: inset

Noun

f

(medicine or literary) an edible plant, possibly anise, used medicinally [Middle Kingdom]

Inflection

Declension of jnst (feminine)

singular	jnst
dual	jnstj
plural	jnswt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jnst

jnst

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: ἄνισον (ánison) (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /insɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: inset

Noun

f

calf (of leg), thigh
- c. 1800 BCE, Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus (UC 32057), page 1, line 4:
  
  kꜣp jrtj.sj ḥr jnst nt gnyw
  fumigating her eyes with goose leg fat.