ⲁⲙⲓⲧⲱⲛ

Coptic
A reconstruction of the extent of various Chinese realms since the Zhou.

Alternative forms

Etymology

The etymology is unknown. Could be derived from Ancient Greek Μῆδος (Mêdos, “Mede”) or its Coptic variant ⲁⲙⲁⲇⲁ (amada) in Gen. 10:2. Compare ⲁⲙⲙⲓⲧⲉⲛ (ammiten, “Amida, a town in Eastern Anatolia, modern Diyarbakır”) and ⲁⲙⲙⲓⲧⲟⲛ (ammiton, “Nicomedia”).

Proper noun

ⲁⲙⲓⲧⲱⲛ • (amitōn) ?

  1. (Bohairic) China (a country)

References
  • Kircher, Athanasius (1643) Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta, Romae: Hermann Scheus apud Ludouicum Grignanum, page 212
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