ⲃⲉⲣϭⲱⲧ
Coptic
Carl Wuttke, Early Morning on the Holy Pond in Karnak
Alternative forms
- ⲃⲉⲣϭⲟⲟⲩⲧ (bercoout) – Sahidic
Etymology
From Demotic brkt, ultimately from a borrowing from Semitic. Compare Arabic بِرْكة (birka).
Noun
ⲃⲉⲣϭⲱⲧ • (bercōt) m or f
- (Bohairic) pond
References
- Peust, Carsten (2010) Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten (Göttinger Miszellen. Beihefte; 8) (in German), Göttingen, page 40