tꜣ-nṯr

Egyptian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /taʀˈnaːcaɾ/ → /taʀˈnaːtaʔ/ → /taʔˈnoːtə/

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

Noun

m

distant lands to the east of Egypt

References

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

For the pronunciation of the component words, cf. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 13, 35, 41, 49, 53, 56.

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