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

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣḫt-jtn  

ꜣḫt-jtn

Descendants

• → English: Akhetaten

References

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