English Explanatory Dictionary

shen ring

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A circle with a line at a tangent to it, represented in hieroglyphs as a stylized loop of rope, representing eternal protection.

Word forms

shen ring shen rings

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian šn (“shen ring, circuit”), a derivative of šnj (“to be round, to encircle”).

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