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

1. (medicine) brain

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣjs n ḏnnt  

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