ꜣjs n ḏnnt

Egyptian

Etymology

ꜣjs (“viscera”) +‎ n(j) (“of”) +‎ ḏnnt (“skull”), thus literally ‘viscera of the skull’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑis ɛn d͡ʒɛnɛnɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: ais en djenenet

Noun

m

(medicine) brain

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣjs n ḏnnt

G1 [A]

M17 [i]

S29 [s]

Aa3

N35 [n]

I10 [D]

N35 [n]

N35 [n]

X1 [t]

D1 [tp]

ꜣjs n ḏnnt

References

Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 1
Iversen, Erik (1947) “Some remarks on the terms

and

” in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 33, p. 48

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