ꜣḫt-jtn

Egyptian

Etymology

ꜣḫt (“Akhet”) +‎ jtn (“Aten”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘Akhet of the Aten’, i.e. the place where the sun rises.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑxɛt itɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: akhet-aten

Proper noun

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Akhetaten, Amarna: the capital city newly established and built by the pharaoh Akhenaten

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣḫt-jtn

Axt

ꜣḫt-jtn

Descendants

→ English: Akhetaten

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 17.23

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