ϩⲉⲛⲧⲟⲩ
Coptic
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India
Alternative forms
- ϩⲓⲛⲧⲟⲩ (hintou) – Bohairic
Etymology
From Demotic hntw, from Egyptian hndwꜣy. Compare Persian هند (hend), Hebrew הודו (hoddū), Aramaic ܗܢܕܘ (hendu).
Adjective
ϩⲉⲛⲧⲟⲩ • (hentou) ?
- (Bohairic, Sahidic) Indian
Proper noun
ⲡⲓϩⲉⲛⲧⲟⲩ • (pihentou) m
- (Bohairic, Sahidic) India (a country)
Related terms
- ⲑⲉⲛⲧⲓⲕⲏ (thentikē)
References
- Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 305
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 289
- Kircher, Athanasius (1643) Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta, Romae: Hermann Scheus apud Ludouicum Grignanum
- Isḥāḳ, Emile Māher. 1975. "The phonetics and phonology of the Boḥairic dialect of Coptic and the Survival of Coptic Word in the Colloquial and Classical Arabic of Egypt and of Coptic Grammatical Constructions in Colloquial Egyptian Arabic". University of Oxford, p.167