ⲓⲁⲣⲟ

ⲓⲁⲣⲟ

Coptic

Alternative forms

The Nile river

• ⲉⲓⲉⲣⲟ (eiero) – Sahidic
• ⲓⲉⲣⲟ (iero) – Sahidic, Akhmimic
• ⲓⲉⲣⲁ (iera) – Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic yr-ꜥꜣ (“Nile”), from Egyptian jtrw ꜥꜣ (“Nile”, literally “great river”), from jtrw (“river”) + ꜥꜣ (“great”). Synchronically as if ⲓⲟⲣ (ior, “canal”) +‎ ⲟ (o, “great”).

Noun

ⲓⲁⲣⲟ • (iaro) m (plural ⲓⲁⲣⲱⲟⲩ (iarōou))

1. (Bohairic) river

Proper noun

ⲫⲓⲁⲣⲟ • (phiaro) m

1. (Bohairic) the Nile river

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 82
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN