tꜣ-ṯnn

Egyptian

Etymology

From tꜣ (“land”) +‎ ṯnn (or possibly ṯnnj abbreviated), an inflection of ṯnj (“to lift up, to be distinguished”), thus literally meaning “land that is raised” or “land that becomes distinct”.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /tɑ t͡ʃɛnɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: ta-tjenen

Proper noun

m

the god Tatenen, personification of the primeval mound, the first land that arose from the primeval waters at the creation of the world

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 131.