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Ab en · NOUN · etymology 4
Pronunciation
/æb/ (US)
Etymology
From the nineteenth-century Lepsius transcription, ȧb, of Egyptian jb (“heart, mind, intention”), ib:Z1.
Meanings
(dated) In Egyptian belief, the heart and will and conscience of a person, especially that of the recently deceased which proceeds to the afterlife and is weighed as evidence during his or her judgement.
(dated) An Ancient Egyptian amulet in the shape of a heart (ib).