ⲃⲉⲛⲓⲡⲉ
Coptic
Etymology
From Demotic bnpy, from Egyptian bjꜣ n pt (“metal of the heaven”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /βəˈniːpə/
Noun
ⲃⲉⲛⲓⲡⲉ (benipe) m
- (Sahidic, Old Coptic) iron
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 24
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 41