Aaru

See also: 'a'aru

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Egyptian jꜣrw (“reeds”) as rendered in the outdated 19th-century transcription scheme developed by Karl Richard Lepsius (ȧāru), part of the complete term sḫt-jꜣrw (literally “field of reeds”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑːɹuː/

Proper noun

Aaru

  1. (Egyptian mythology) In ancient Egyptian mythology, the heavenly paradise where Osiris rules, described as boundless reed fields like those of the Nile Delta.
    Synonyms: Field of Reeds, Fields of Yaru

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