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English word origin

Etymology of Aaru

Learned borrowing from Egyptian jꜣrw (“reeds”) as rendered in the outdated 19th-century transcription scheme developed by Karl Richard Lepsius (ȧaru), part of the complete term sḫt-jꜣrw (literally “field of reeds”).

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Unnumbered source etymology

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In ancient Egyptian mythology, the heavenly paradise where Osiris rules, described as boundless reed fields like those of the Nile Delta.

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Learned borrowing from Egyptian jꜣrw (“reeds”) as rendered in the outdated 19th-century transcription scheme developed by Karl Richard Lepsius (ȧaru), part of the complete term sḫt-jꜣrw (literally “field of reeds”).

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  • Learned-borrowing mentionjꜣrwegy · reeds
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Machine-source provenance
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