𐦧𐦢𐦬𐦡𐦳𐦡
Meroitic
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Egyptian p(ꜣ)-jw-rq (“Philae”, literally “the Island of the Turning”) or its descendant, Demotic p-ꜣlq.
Proper noun
𐦧𐦢𐦬𐦡𐦳𐦡 (pileqe /piləq/)
- Philae
References
- Rowan, Kirsty (2006) Meroitic—A Phonological Investigation, Ann Arbor: ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, page 44
- Rilly, Claude; de Voogt, Alex (2012) The Meroitic Language and Writing System, New York: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 108