ⲉⲣⲃⲉ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ⲉⲣⲃⲓ (erbi) – Bohairic
Etymology
From Demotic rbt (“enclosure, pen, cavalry camp”). Compare Coptic ⲱⲣϥ (ōrf).
Noun
ⲉⲣⲃⲉ • (erbe) f
- (Sahidic) enclosure, pen
Derived terms
- ϯⲉⲣⲃⲉ (tierbe, “Diyarb, an Upper Egyptian toponym used in number of places i.e. Diyarb Buqtaris, Diyarb Nigm, Diyarb Haşim”)
Descendants
- → Arabic: ديرب (diyarb), طرفة (tirfa)
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
- Peust, Carsten (2010) Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten (Göttinger Miszellen. Beihefte; 8) (in German), Göttingen, page 37