Amduat

English

proper noun

Definitions

An ancient Egyptian funerary text of the New Kingdom describing the journey of the sun through the underworld at night.

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian jmj dwꜣt (is in the afterworld).

Origin

Egyptian

jmj dwꜣt

Gloss

is in the afterworld

Timeline

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Cognates and derived terms

dwꜣt Egyptian
jmj Egyptian
jmj dwꜣt Egyptian