English Explanatory Dictionary

Aaru

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈɑːɹuː/

Word forms

Aaru

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Egyptian jꜣrw (“reeds”) as rendered in the outdated 19th-century transcription scheme developed by Karl Richard Lepsius (ȧaru), part of the complete term sḫt-jꜣrw (literally “field of reeds”).

Synonyms

Field of Reeds Fields of Yaru
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