ϯⲡⲉⲣⲥⲏⲥ
Coptic
Giza
Alternative forms
- ⲧⲡⲣⲥⲱⲓ (tprsōi) – Sahidic
- ⲧⲡⲉⲣⲥⲓⲟⲥ (tpersios) – Bohairic, Sahidic
- ϯⲡⲉⲣⲥⲓⲱϯ (tipersiōti) – Bohairic
Etymology
ϯ (ti, feminine definite article) + ⲡⲉⲣⲥⲏⲥ (persēs, “Persian”, noun) i.e. "the Persian (fortress)".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (reconstructed classical Coptic) /təˈpɛrses/
- IPA(key): (reconstructed post-conquest Bohairic) /dəˈbarsis/
Proper noun
ϯⲡⲉⲣⲥⲏⲥ • (tipersēs) f
- (Bohairic) Giza (a city in Egypt)
References
- Vycichl, Werner, Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, 1983, →ISBN
- Kircher, Athanasius, Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta, Romae: Hermann Scheus apud Ludouicum Grignanum, 1643
- Amélineau, Emile (1893). La géographie de l’Egypte à l’époque copte. Paris: Imprimerie nationale. pp. 190.