Proper Name guide

Aaru

name · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈɑːɹuː/

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Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Egyptian

Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Field of Reeds, Fields of Yaru

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Learned borrowing from Egyptian jꜣrw (“reeds”) as rendered in the outdated 19th-century transcription scheme developed by Karl Richard Lepsius (ȧaru), part of the complete term sḫt-jꜣrw (literally “field of reeds”).