Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aaru

/ˈɑːɹuː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.52 in modern English

Syllables: aaru
IPA: /ˈɑːɹuː/

4

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

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Learned borrowing from Egyptian jꜣrw (“reeds”) as rendered in the outdated 19th-century transcription scheme developed by Karl Richard Lepsius (ȧaru), part of the complete term sḫt-jꜣrw (literally “field of reeds”).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

Questions

How do you pronounce aaru?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɑːɹuː/.
What does aaru mean?: In ancient Egyptian mythology, the heavenly paradise where Osiris rules, described as boundless reed fields like those of the Nile Delta.
Where does aaru come from?: Learned borrowing from Egyptian jꜣrw (“reeds”) as rendered in the outdated 19th-century transcription scheme developed by Karl Richard Lepsius (ȧaru), part of the complete term sḫt-jꜣrw (literally “field of reeds”).

How to pronounce aaru

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