nšnj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛʃni/
- Conventional anglicization: neshni

Noun

m

thunderstorm, rage, disaster
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 30–32:
  
  sr.sn ḏꜥ nj jjt nšnj nj ḫprt.f
  They could predict a stormwind before it came or a thunderstorm before it happened.

References

Dickson, Paul (2006) Dictionary of Middle Egyptian in Gardiner Classification Order‎

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