nšnj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛʃni/
  • Conventional anglicization: neshni

Noun

 m

1. thunderstorm, rage, disaster
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 30–32:

     sr.sn ḏꜥ nj jjt nšnj nj ḫprt.f

     They could predict a stormwind before it came or a thunderstorm before it happened.

References

• Dickson, Paul (2006) Dictionary of Middle Egyptian in Gardiner Classification Order‎^[1]