ⲓⲁⲣⲟ
Coptic
Alternative forms
The Nile river
Etymology
From Demotic yr-ꜥꜣ (“Nile”), from Egyptian jtrw ꜥꜣ (“Nile”, literally “great river”), from jtrw (“river”) + ꜥꜣ (“great”). Synchronically as if ⲓⲟⲣ (ior, “canal”) + ⲟ (o, “great”).
References
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 82
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
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