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
AisAa3
n		 D
n		 n
t		 tpZ1

 m

  1. (medicine) brain

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣjs n ḏnnt  
AisAa3
n		 D
n		 n
t		 tp
ꜣjs n ḏnnt

References
  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 1
  • Iversen, Erik (1947) “Some remarks on the terms
    ammH8
    and
    AisAa2
    ” in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 33, p. 48
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