ⲙⲁⲩⲣⲏⲥ
Coptic
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ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲩⲣⲏⲥ
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Μαυρός (Maurós, “Moor”).
Proper noun
ⲙⲁⲩⲣⲏⲥ • (maurēs) m
- (Bohairic) dark-skinned, negro
References
- Kircher, Athanasius (1643) Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta, Romae: Hermann Scheus apud Ludouicum Grignanum, page 80