Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

akhetaten

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: akhetat-en
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

the capital city newly established and built by the pharaoh Akhenaten, modern-day Amarna, Egypt

Etymology

Borrowed from the Egyptological pronunciation of Egyptian ꜣḫt-jtn Axt:t*pr-i-t:n:ra.

Origin

Source language: Egyptian

Word Breakdown

Root: ꜣḫt-jtn

Questions

What does akhetaten mean?: the capital city newly established and built by the pharaoh Akhenaten, modern-day Amarna, Egypt
Where does akhetaten come from?: It is traced to Egyptian.

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