tꜣ-ṯnn

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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1. 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.